FalcoGer Posted October 22, 2023 Posted October 22, 2023 (edited) The AH64-D's squelch circuits are in the position they were in after a shutdown. If the previous crew had squelch turned off, it will be off when the helicopter is started the next time. So squelch being off and you getting blasted by 5 radios angry static noise as soon as you switch the battery on is not a bug. Previously this was requested the squelch was broken, and it would only play white noise when someone was talking on any of the radios. With the squelch now working correctly it is as bad as it would be in real life. It is simply not realistic for a helicopter crew to turn off squelch for every single one of their radios, as squelch off is only used when a transmission is broken up when the transmission power does not reach a required minimum. Then squelch would be turned off to receive the transmission regardless of the power it is transmitted at. The default state for squelch is ON. Any crew turning all of the squelch circuits off would go insane and/or deaf from the white noise they'd get blasted with from every one of their radios, making this highly unrealistic. And that is what we get in DCS with the 2.9 update. You turn the key and your headphones explode with no way to prevent it. Please put more priority on making the default state to be squelch on as any real crew would have had it prior to shut down. Edited October 23, 2023 by FalcoGer 6
bradmick Posted October 23, 2023 Posted October 23, 2023 Usually when we say squelch on we are referring to the system suppressing the loud hissing sound, squelch off then means you get the loud hissing sound. You typically go squelch off if you’re trying to hear someone really far away. But, you are correct, squelch should be on by default (loud hissing is suppressed). That’s the natural state of being for the radios. You have to deliberately turn squelch off in the helicopter 100% of the time.
FalcoGer Posted October 23, 2023 Author Posted October 23, 2023 (edited) 2 hours ago, bradmick said: Usually when we say squelch on we are referring to the system suppressing the loud hissing sound, squelch off then means you get the loud hissing sound Did I say any different? *Edit: I see what you mean now. This was originally posted in wishlist, because, as I stated, it's not a bug per se. Thus the title reflected my wish, not the problem. Someone moved it to bug reports. I changed the title to be less confusing. Edited October 23, 2023 by FalcoGer
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