How do you contact the tower of the carrier ?

In order to contact the tower I need to enter a FREQ into the UCF.

What is the frequency ? Where can I find it ?

You can find in the communication menu. After each airfield there's a MHz. Carrier is 127.5 mhz fm.

I dont see Mhz in comm menu..I also entered 127.5 mhz on fm and no coontact

If you press \ then F5 you'll see the Stennis is listed with its freq. 127.5

And make sure you also use the correct comm switch.

I entered 127.500 in comm1 am and even in comm2 as fm.. But no answer from atc

I dont use simple radio option

I too have had many difficulties with the carrier ATC, though perhaps in a different way than you. I believe the carrier ATC to be quite simply very buggy at the moment.

A friend and I were flying and practicing carrier landings, and out of more than 12 landings we only successfully got the ATC to approve a landing once and I believe it was the very first landing. All subsequent attempts would get to the point of the ATC confirming visual, but never finally approving the landing. I did not verify if this buggy behavior is caused by any particular action, such as perhaps landing or taking off after landing, but I suppose it could be that the ATC never realized we took off again so it thinks the deck is not clear for another landing.

I never had any issues with the carrier's ATC completely ignoring my initial inbound request though, and requesting nav assistance also never had an issue. Silly question, but are you not close enough perhaps? Not that I've tested, but I don't think the radios in DCS have unlimited range. Have you ever had an airfield reply to your radio calls in the F/A-18C when manually punching it in? I assume you contacted an ATC for takeoff with no problem? Perhaps try from the deck of the carrier and see if the radio works while on the deck.

I entered 127.500 in comm1 am and even in comm2 as fm.. But no answer from atc

 

I dont use simple radio option

The correct frequency for the Stennis is 127.500FM

Communication menu is not active until a comm has been selected (and even so, it was simply not working in the Instant action harrier landing mission), and using comm1 for ex. does not show any frequency. The mission editor doesn't show it either, so it's hard to guess.

I suppose it's a fixed, hard-coded frequency for now.

The correct frequency for the Stennis is 127.500FM

Thanks! :)

What is the TACAN channel to the carrier?

What is the TACAN channel to the carrier?

You have to set it up in the mission editor through Advanced Waypoints option.

In Wag's Case I CQ video, CVN-74 John C. Stennis has its TCN set as 55X STN. We could probably work on CVN-70 Carl Vinson with a similar way. And maybe the Admiral Kuznetsov too ?? I'm just so happy that I have Viacom /Voice Attack working on the Stennis and airfields !

The correct frequency for the Stennis is 127.500FM

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All instant action missions have the boat set to 55X.

Thank you, Matt :) .

How about for the other 2 carriers, the USS Carl Vinson and the Admiral Kuznetsov ?

What are the TCN and VHF AM/FM numbers for them that we can use to set in our own missions :pilotfly: ?

Thank you, Matt :) .

 

How about for the other 2 carriers, the USS Carl Vinson and the Admiral Kuznetsov ?

What are the TCN and VHF AM/FM numbers for them that we can use to set in our own missions :pilotfly: ?

As mentioned previously, you set them yourself in the mission editor through Advanced Waypoints option.

Thanks you.

I did set up the TCN for the Stennis but haven't got a chance to work on the other 2 CVs yet.

Has anyone successfully added/edited ATC fequencies ?

Hi, and what is for T switch on keyboard activate/deactivate ATC ? I'm unable to communicate with tower

Hi, and what is for T switch on keyboard activate/deactivate ATC ? I'm unable to communicate with tower

ATC is the automatic throttle. You need the comm 1 and comm 2 buttons.

is there a way in the mission editor to default the selection of a comm to FM instead of AM?

For instance, in Channel 1 I have it set to 127.500 but when I load the mission it is defaulted to AM instead of FM. Can I change this in the mission editor?

TJ

I think the PRC-210 radio makes the frequency band (AM, FM, UHF) somewhat irrelevant for the pilot, since both radios can tune to all 3 bands. You just have to select which of the 2 radios on which you want to receive a particular entity and assign any of the 20 channels to any freq in any of the bands. I decided I wanted COM 1 to handle my package and airfield towers and COM 2 to handle AWACS, JTAC, Tanker, etc.

I also like the convenience of assigning standard channels to common mission units to the extent feasible, so my flight is always COM 1 channel 1, AWACS is COM 2, channel 2, etc.

Once you assign the freqs to the channels, you can find the channel assignment list in the mission file, copy and save it for insertion into other missions.

Most of the instant Action Mission shows in the briefing 3 or 4 RAdio frequencies, what are this frequencies? Because seems to me that only one works.

I too am having issues with the tower. I can get ATC to ack me inbound, and clear me visual. But the tower refuses to respond to me at all. I have manually assigned the freqs in the editor, as well as enabled FM on the UFC prior to contact. In the comms menu, all the airfields and carriers on the map are greyed out. However, I am able to contact the tankers without an issue though. If I try to take off from, say Kobelti, I get zero response for permission to take off, until I take the runway. All the sudden, the tower denies the previous requests, and approves take off. Could it be an early access bug?

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If I try to take off from, say Kobelti, I get zero response for permission to take off, until I take the runway. All the sudden, the tower denies the previous requests, and approves take off. Could it be an early access bug?

 

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Normandy airfields function this way also. You will notice that the com menu is labeled AUTO, which I think means it operates automatically at takeoff and player contact is useless.

In Wag's Case I CQ video, CVN-74 John C. Stennis has its TCN set as 55X STN. We could probably work on CVN-70 Carl Vinson with a similar way. And maybe the Admiral Kuznetsov too ?? I'm just so happy that I have Viacom /Voice Attack working on the Stennis and airfields !

Where can I get a voice attack profile for dcs?

Thanks in advance.