FM Homeing - Why doesn't it work? What am I doing wrong?

Hello!

I've ben trying to fix my problem for days, with not much success.

I would like to use the FM Homeing's navigation, but as you can see in the video, I can't.

Why? What am I doing wrong? I've tried to do the mission called "Elbrus rescue" which is

related to the Huey and it workes perfectly here.

Thank you!

Mate thats the ATC call for FM. It is not a homing beacon

I will quickly make you a mission and you can see how it is done for future missions :)

I am sorry the commentary did not record. I think shadowplay must need looked at.

I hope that you get the idea from the video. Most units can be made to transmit but you will have to find an .ogg or .wav file that suits your purposes. Open the attached mission with 7zip and you can get the soundfile from it to use again.

FM Homing.miz

Thank you very much Cibit!

That helped a bit, but it's not what I was thinking about.

For every airport there is a certain FM frequency.

Anapa: 38.4; Krasnodar center: 38.6; Krymsk: 39.0 etc etc

My problem is if I set up one (Gudauta 40.2 for example) and turn it on, nothing happens.

Look at this video. After 2:24 the FM starts.

It sets up, turns on and finds the airports.

That's what I want, I set it up, turn it on, and then nothing.

I believe that is done with same method. The fm frequency you find from the f10 map is for atc contact in various aircraft

If you look through the comments, near the top, you will see one that mentions that's a mission where he has set up a beacon.

The beacon would transmit continuously so it can be tracked.

ATC only transmits when they are speaking to you.

In the German WWII aircraft you can tune in to the ATC frequencies and see the instruments work only when ATC is transmitting.

Does the same thing happen in the Huey? if you tune into an ATC FM frequency, do the instruments work while they are talking to you?

I'd be surprised, given how the ATC communication generally uses the VHF AM band. But I know the principle does apply: homing only works during transmissions.

Good point! In the German aircraft the homing is to the same frequency as the comms radio.

I tried last night to call up ATC in the huey using the FM freq given in the F10 map. There was no response, so no broadcast and nothing for the AN/ARC-131 to pick up on.

The work around is to make a mission with a ground unit at every airport you want to use with a frequency to match the F10 map and an .ogg or .wav file broadcasting:)

In the mission "Stray Eagle," the ELT homing beacon doesn't work. The CDI needle doesn't deflect at all. I've flown all around the stray eagle after he says he's activating it, but the needle never deflects and I have to find him by the smoke. In the Mt. Elbus rescue mission, the needle deflects. It's frustrating in Stray Eagle.

In the mission "Stray Eagle," the ELT homing beacon doesn't work. The CDI needle doesn't deflect at all.

The stray eagle mission has a missing ELT-Tone.ogg file for the radio transmission on the Pilot (Transmission will not work unless you give it a sound to play).

Find attached a fixed version with the sound file.

https://www.dropbox.com/s/mnl68mr0v9jjjow/Huey%20Single%20Player%20Missions.zip?dl=0

Regards, Ian.

Thank you very much Sir! As a Noob in DCS, I need all the help I can get with navigation. I've downloaded your single missions files and will try them. Were there any changes to the Rebel Base and Mt Elbrus Rescue files or just the Stray Eagle?

Thank you very much Sir! As a Noob in DCS, I need all the help I can get with navigation.

 

I've downloaded your single missions files and will try them. Were there any changes to the Rebel Base and Mt Elbrus Rescue files or just the Stray Eagle?

Honestly, I can't remember if I had fixed anything in the other missions (They are saved in the newer 1.5x format also, the originals are not), so I just included them for completeness.

Cheers, Ian.