question about radio management

[Feukair]

Hi, thanks for this campaign. I'm 6 or so missions in. I just have a question about radios/comms. Everything is working fine, I have easy comms disabled and I can manage to get the comms working right during the mission. But there is stuff I don't understand - new at the radio stuff as I generally use easy comms or discord during online. I find myself running through the entire radio 1 knob looking for the right frequency and then the radio 2 know too if I can't find it. Just confused about these terminologies and wanted to get it right.

When the pilot says "push pri1" that means comm1?

And pri2 means comm2?  

And sometimes the brief has pri3 or Aux too. But the f18 only has 2 radios - or so I thought. So where should I expect to find the pri3 frequencies? 

I found other mentions here that pri1 is comm1 and comm2 is aux, so in that case what is pri2?

If pri1 is comm1 why not just say comm1? 

I've tried googling to learn, like "what does push pri 2 mean in dcs" but the search terms are too small and I just get basic radio mgmt info which I already know how to do. 

I guess now that I've written all that I can simplify my question to

For the pri1, pri2, and pri3 or aux frequencies in the mission, how do I know if they are meant to be found on comm1 or comm2? 

[Badger633]

 Hi @Feukair

Pri refers to Primary or Radio 1. Aux refers to auxiliary or Radio 2. So push Pri3 would mean channel 3 on the primary or radio 1. Push Aux 1 would mean channel 1 on the Auxiliary or radio  2. 
For refuel and traps on the ABE you use the DCS radio menu. Ensure you use the correct button to call up the menu as there is one for Radio 1 And another for Radio 2, all explained in the briefs. 

Hope this helps

[Feukair]

23 hours ago, Badger633 said:

 Hi @Feukair

Pri refers to Primary or Radio 1. Aux refers to auxiliary or Radio 2. So push Pri3 would mean channel 3 on the primary or radio 1. Push Aux 1 would mean channel 1 on the Auxiliary or radio  2. 
For refuel and traps on the ABE you use the DCS radio menu. Ensure you use the correct button to call up the menu as there is one for Radio 1 And another for Radio 2, all explained in the briefs. 

Hope this helps

Thank you, Badger. That is what I was missing I didnt get it that pri and aux were radios and the digits were the channels. Seems simple, but I misunderstood somehow. 

[Badger633]

@Feukair Glad you got it sorted.