Range Voice Comms

[Dobs]

Wish: Ability to tune: Air only, Ground only, Both.

Have it default to both, but can deselect the one you don't want to hear at the present.

Both sides I'm sure have times where the others comms are distracting/blocking.

Not trying to start a flame war....if this has been addressed in the past and rejected, just close the thread.

Dobs

[Chalenge]

Yeah, I like the fact that we have four text channels, but I think almost every aircraft had options for up to four radio channels, also.

This is a repeat of my ancient wish for the same thing, so of course: "+1"

If the concern is that people may not like being ignored, well that already happens.

[Wiley]

+1.

Further addition- option for "none".

Wiley.

[JunkyII]

+1

[Devil 505]

+1

[colmbo]

Built in comms is one of AH's greatest and worst features!

+1 to being able to tune air/ground only

[EskimoJoe]

Yes!

+1.

Further addition- option for "none".

Wiley.

And sometimes, you just need to ride in peace.

I add to this wish, with a small marker (similar to stars on roster) on the vox box to highlight if a player is on air/ground/mute, nothing special for 'all'. I imagine an airplane icon, a tank icon, and the typical speaker with a slash through it for those that are tuned out.

[Lab Rat 3947]

Wish: Ability to tune: Air only, Ground only, Both.

Have it default to both, but can deselect the one you don't want to hear at the present.

+1   

[Scca]

+1

I shushed some gv'ers the other day asking the take their discussion about their dogs to a private channel. I get it. Long hours of spawn camping need to be filled, but I'm trying to give some ck6's and they aren't being heard.

[ccvi]

Yeah, I like the fact that we have four text channels, but I think almost every aircraft had options for up to four radio channels, also.

Four frequencies isn't much - but four separate COM radios is a lot even today More than 2 are pretty rare (though many modern ones can monitor a second frequency). More than one in WW2? Probably didn't happen too often.


Regarding the topic itself, +1.

Though it doesn't seem to be as simple as it sounds:
- If both TX/RX are switched, switching to air/ground only won't help being distracted by all people transmitting on "both"
- If it is a RX-only switch and TX is fixed by the type of vehicle, there is no way to get through with advice from one side to the other

This can only work nicely if full control over TX exists, but this requires everyone to use it appropriately. So it won't work nicely. Maybe, if TX doesn't have a "both" setting, it might enforce some proper use.

Given numbers these days, a country-all voice channel would probably work as well.

[Scca]

The one problem I see is wirbs being able to support vulchers. If you can't hear Gv's, you can't hear my call to let you know I'm willing to help.

[Chalenge]

Yeah, the P-51 radio interface panel had channels 'A' through 'D,' and on a standard mission they would use perhaps three channels. If they got lost the fourth channel was for homing.

Very few USAAF missions involved close air support roles, but they did happen. The USN and USMC missions in the pacific were more commonly in unison with ground forces. So, they would have used more channels in a standard mission.

The radios could not be changed ahead of time, because they used plugin crystals that could only be configured on the ground. Everyone is used to radio 'tuners' in use by ground forces in Hollywood movies and Baa Baa Blacksheep, but that never happened. The field radios in use were also crystal sets and had maybe nine or ten channels at best.

In the USAAF fighters the standard configuration would be:
'A' - Home director
'B' - American common
'C' - Interplane
'D' - Homing

You could only transmit and receive on a single channel at a time.

I would like to see that go further, so that up to four could be used simultaneously. Not a big deal I think, but also so you could squelch channels as needed for 'tactical' situations.

[Chalenge]

The one problem I see is wirbs being able to support vulchers. If you can't hear Gv's, you can't hear my call to let you know I'm willing to help.

It might not be realistic, but 'eyelid' bulbs could be added to the upper part of aircraft panels that light up as a frequency is modulated. That way even though the speaker isn't activated you would know someone is talking.

The only problem with that is that your own countrymen might see you as someone unwilling to help if you have it squelched routinely.

[TheBug]

+1 to OP

[hitech]

I'm against being able to filter out range channel so you can select what you hear.
It would effectively shut down cross communication because the guy transmitting has no idea if a person will hear.

Implement 2 transmit range types of ALL or "What I'm In" I can see as advantageous.

HiTech