Cannot change radio channel/manual frequency UHF/VHF manually
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Is that a new feature ?
With ICP buttons it works, chn UP/DWN, but when on radio U/Vhf DED page, it just don’t work … nor frequency , not channel…
(It happened on F18E , but will see for F16’s …tommorow )
Anyone else ?
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I think I’ve noticed what you’re describing. (F-16) But I don’t know if it used to work in 4.34 or prior … or how it might work in real jet.
To be clear, I can hit F1 or F2 and key in a new freq on the DED, via ICP buttons. And I can browse up/down on the DED to see the freqs assigned to the different channels – but it doesn’t change the radio.
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Same issue, when Harpoon is loaded (KF 16)
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Can’t speak for the F-18, but in the F-16, I don’t think that’s ever been the case? You can go into the UHF / VHF page using COM1 and COM2, where you can cycle through the preset channels to check the frequency assigned to it, but to actually change the radio’s active frequency (be it a discrete frequency, or a preset channel), you need to type it in the scratch pad and press enter.
Or am I misunderstanding what you’re saying?
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No, you got it right … but it just didn’t work … I’m confused more then you. I know how to use radios…
DED mechanics should be same for every plane in falcon … some differences with F16I , LIST button , and/or spice - jdam pages … but operations are the same same.Something is fishy… maybe under “some” circumstances. Here’s exactly what happened.
Tac mission in Balkans … F18E TASMO flight , 4 harpoons loaded (@Sukhoi mentioned) … but fired … so empty plane , asked AWACS for tanker , got reply but was unsure is it on CH13 or not , so I’ve tried to input manual freq in DED-UHF … Typed in numbers in scratchpad , nothing has shown , press numEnter - exit … But, nothing happened. - Nothing. Channel was still U6 as before.
Tried input 13 (as channel) … the same, nothing.Back to main DED screen , tried ICP UP/DWN … that works…
So, manual input of channel or frequency in UHF and VHF were not working at all. - now to figure out what is causing this shit. … bah… more painkillers :dhorse:
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Yep, @Sukhoi is on to something… It really seems that this bug is harpoon related, at least.
When loaded, agm’s still on plane, everything is “peachy”, manual input works…
But after firing all of agm’s (harpoons), manual input is gone forever, I’ve tried to fiddle around but it never came back.Consider for bug report, also harpoon rbl/bol with waypoint is not working, at least as advertised…
Damn bats.(corrected fat fingers on mobile)
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A friend showed me a bug report on bugtracker regarding the issue when harpoons were loaded and hpn waypoints were selected. The harpoon waypoints do work. My guess is that you didnt mode select when on stpt90-99.In the manual although there is reference to mode select, I picked it up after some unsuccessful tries.
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Er… no, I DID mode select … both in RBL “TGT-to-WYP” (2nd SEQ press) , and BOL “WPT-to-TGT” , were white selected.
So, if anything ok , it should work… but I’ve tracked harpoon (weapon view), it never did an offset in RBL mode (straight to target , even a 180/30nm offset was given) , and vice-versa , in BOL mode it traveled to the STP90 but it never turned to target…
No mnemonics on HSD in both cases… there should be line with turn, harpoon course.
SO, MAYBE , there is quite a chance that I did something … wrong. but, I’ve just repeated steps from manual…
I’ll give it a few more goes, not a problem, but after every flight , it seems more and more that something stinks…
Anyway , I’ve opened this OP for RADIO problem , which is miraculously related to harpoon in this case… so ,. we’ll talk about harpoon somewhere else.
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Ok… Found the radio input problem.
It does not matter are the harpoons onboard or fired.- there seems to be a problem with the harpoons UFC button function on WPN page. - seems that it overides/blocks DED input as consequence of bug
Fix is easy: just change flight mode to AA , for some reason NAV was also blocked…, and/or exit out of harpoon mode, when empty , just press press again on AGM84 on SMS page … even there are no missiles anymore , DED input will be released, or change to AG-strafe mode with gun …
It is a minor… bug, in the end please can someone put this on tracker.
Cheers