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Title: Range radio - text and vox?
Post by: lengro on July 13, 2008, 03:01:41 PM
I would like a text radio channel which was connected to the range vox channel.

I don't use vox and if someone close talks to me (and we didn't take off from same base), I can only respond with private message (country or 200 would be overkill).

Or have I misunderstood something?
Title: Re: Range radio - text and vox?
Post by: ian5440 on July 13, 2008, 03:05:41 PM
i think you are talking about the range channel??
 but im still pretty confused  :huh
Title: Re: Range radio - text and vox?
Post by: Lusche on July 13, 2008, 03:11:58 PM
i think you are talking about the range channel??
 but im still pretty confused  :huh

Yes he is. And he is simply wishing for a text "range" channel just like we already have a vox "range" channel.
Title: Re: Range radio - text and vox?
Post by: lengro on July 13, 2008, 03:13:36 PM
i think you are talking about the range channel??
 but im still pretty confused  :huh

yes - the range channel.

It seems it works differently on vox and text:

vox = talk to all nearby
text = talk to all who took of from same airfield as you.

Right?
Title: Re: Range radio - text and vox?
Post by: Captfish on July 13, 2008, 03:15:36 PM
Correct  :aok
With room text you only talk to the people that took off from the same field as you. I'm not sure why they call it room text, it should be called airport text.
Title: Re: Range radio - text and vox?
Post by: Lusche on July 13, 2008, 03:25:48 PM
Correct  :aok
With range text you only talk to the people that took off from the same field as you. I'm not sure why they call it range text, it should be called airport text.

Umm.. it's not called range text. It's "Room"

Different rooms are the Tower, the Oclub, the Hangar and last but not least all that spawned from that base, GV's & planes alike.

Title: Re: Range radio - text and vox?
Post by: lengro on July 13, 2008, 03:41:19 PM
Umm.. it's not called range text. It's "Room"

Different rooms are the Tower, the Oclub, the Hangar and last but not least all that spawned from that base, GV's & planes alike.

Lusche - you shouldn't have change to snailman - AHguru would have been way more appropriate  :aok

Also, I don't think we can de-tune vox range channel, so to keep things consistent and simple to understand, neither should the text range channel be de-tunable.
Title: Re: Range radio - text and vox?
Post by: Captfish on July 13, 2008, 04:59:34 PM
oops
Title: Re: Range radio - text and vox?
Post by: Pannono on July 13, 2008, 05:22:44 PM
get a mic
Title: Re: Range radio - text and vox?
Post by: lengro on July 14, 2008, 03:09:19 AM
get a mic

Not an option.
Title: Re: Range radio - text and vox?
Post by: uptown on July 14, 2008, 09:25:11 AM
Is this not the purple channel?
Title: Re: Range radio - text and vox?
Post by: ian5440 on July 14, 2008, 06:25:40 PM
Is this not the purple channel?

not completly but it is the same idea
Title: Re: Range radio - text and vox?
Post by: Vudak on July 14, 2008, 10:37:49 PM
Umm.. it's not called range text. It's "Room"

Different rooms are the Tower, the Oclub, the Hangar and last but not least all that spawned from that base, GV's & planes alike.



No kiddin?  Man, four years and I've always assumed the purple text let you talk to people near by... 

Huh.

Too bad this forum is probably avoided like the plague by HTC come summer.  This is an idea that really would be useful.
Title: Re: Range radio - text and vox?
Post by: lengro on July 15, 2008, 03:52:53 AM
No kiddin?  Man, four years and I've always assumed the purple text let you talk to people near by... 

Exactly Vudak, in my opinion it should work that way.
As it is now I can't see the purpose - people from the same airfield takes off in every direction, why would I want a radio channel for them.
Title: Re: Range radio - text and vox?
Post by: Ghosth on July 15, 2008, 07:34:31 AM
You have to remember, channel 3 was built LONG before Range based Vox came to AH.

As such it was and still is a good tool. Its just not the tool a lot of AH'ers think it is.
It works perfectly within its parameters. You just need to know what those parameters are to use it effectively.

Personally I use it daily and would HATE to see it changed.

You want  range based communications, get a mic.

Title: Re: Range radio - text and vox?
Post by: Vudak on July 15, 2008, 01:28:32 PM
You have to remember, channel 3 was built LONG before Range based Vox came to AH.

As such it was and still is a good tool. Its just not the tool a lot of AH'ers think it is.
It works perfectly within its parameters. You just need to know what those parameters are to use it effectively.

Personally I use it daily and would HATE to see it changed.

You want  range based communications, get a mic.


Fair enough, Ghost, but I am curious, what situations do you find it helpful for, that squad or mission or a tuned channel would not accomplish, if channel 3 was changed to a pure range?

I'm being serious here - I can't think of one...  Help me out? :)
Title: Re: Range radio - text and vox?
Post by: lengro on July 15, 2008, 04:24:16 PM
Hear ya G - but as Vudak puts it - neither can I can think of a purpose for room text channel which not easily can be accommodated by other radio functions.

Until given a good reason - and since vox isn't an option for me, I still think this would be a good change.