sgtmike74 Posted February 21, 2013 Posted February 21, 2013 I have a question that maybe someone who works around or with A-10s can answer. Are the radios on the A-10 capable of frequency hopping? In the Army, all of our commo works in a secured mode while also freq hopping. Instead of being on a single frequency, we are assigned net ID's. I notice that there is a panel for loading a comsec into the A-10c radios but I don't see where you could enter a net ID or to even change it to freq hopping. So can it be done on the real ones or do they only talk on that one freq at a time? And if this is the case, then are JTACS using multiple radios? One on single channel and the other with a net ID for their ground units?
BRooDJeRo Posted February 21, 2013 Posted February 21, 2013 As far as i've seen any AI has a fixed frequency, unless frequency switching is manualy included inside the triggered functions. But i'm not sure if hopping is needed. When red as well as blue has 124mhz as the base frequency, blue and red can't hear eachothers radio's, which makes the need of hopping for security pointless.
sgtmike74 Posted February 21, 2013 Author Posted February 21, 2013 Yes, I understand in the sim you are only on one freq, I was curious in real life can their radios freq hop and work in a network like ground forces.
Eihort Posted February 22, 2013 Posted February 22, 2013 I believe he's describing a trunking system, and as to whether or not the USAF uses it, I have no idea.
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