Green light and sound above the Fuel quantity selector

[KenaiPhoenix]

Hi! I have a couple of hours with the Viper but im still trying to fully learn how fly it, so sorry if this is a too noob question. 

The thing is, a couple of week ago I started to make my own start up of the viper and then doing some missions. Then I noted a green light above the Fuel Quantity Selector start to light up and there is a sound with it (I have google it and it is called Marker Beacon, I think). It starts when im taking off and sometimes when im landing, but I don't remember hearing it when I start already on the air. the first time I heard it was expecting a hard crash of something not working, but nothing happened.

My question is: Am I doing something wrong with the start up or with the take off sequence? Should I be worried?

 

Thanks!

[razo+r]

2 minutes ago, KenaiPhoenix said:

Hi! I have a couple of hours with the Viper but im still trying to fully learn how fly it, so sorry if this is a too noob question. 

The thing is, a couple of week ago I started to make my own start up of the viper and then doing some missions. Then I noted a green light above the Fuel Quantity Selector start to light up and there is a sound with it (I have google it and it is called Marker Beacon, I think). It starts when im taking off and sometimes when im landing, but I don't remember hearing it when I start already on the air. the first time I heard it was expecting a hard crash of something not working, but nothing happened.

My question is: Am I doing something wrong with the start up or with the take off sequence? Should I be worried?

 

Thanks!

Marker beacons are part of landing systems like ILS. So when you overfly such a beacon, you will hear the frequency of the beacon and then you'll also know where you respective to the approach.

 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marker_beacon

In short: Nothing to be worried about or focus on until you start doing ILS/IFR stuff.

[KenaiPhoenix]

11 minutes ago, razo+r said:

Marker beacons are part of landing systems like ILS. So when you overfly such a beacon, you will hear the frequency of the beacon and then you'll also know where you respective to the approach.

 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marker_beacon

In short: Nothing to be worried about or focus on until you start doing ILS/IFR stuff.

Thanks! I was worried I was doing something bad that could ruin a long mission one day

[Icarus31]

if it is annoying you can turn the volume down. left side above the EWS panel.

[SickSidewinder9]

On 9/13/2022 at 4:25 AM, Icarus31 said:

if it is annoying you can turn the volume down. left side above the EWS panel.

Is it TF tone knob, or what is it?  It's really annoying.  And wouldn't you have to have something tuned to the right frequency IRL?

[SickSidewinder9]

It does not appear to be the TF knob

[Frederf]

TF is for terrain following and has no function in the F-16. I think the ILS volume knob should also affect marker volume. In any case the intercom knob will definitely affect it.

[SickSidewinder9]

It's not the ILS knob.  What else does the intercom knob turn down, though?

[Frederf]

Everything (maybe not some high priority alarms). Intercom from the back seat or AAR boom, all the radios, RWR, ILS, missile tone. Intercom is the "backbone" system that carries all (most?) sounds around the cockpit. It's the master volume knob.

[silverdevil]

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