Bog9y Posted March 31, 2020 Share Posted March 31, 2020 Hi, I'm fairly new to DCS so this may be a stupid question but despite searching I have been unable to find the answer. Does the ATC in DCS only work with the VHF tower frequency? or is this just the case for Nellis? No matter what I do, I can not talk to ATC via UHF. I can talk to the tanker via UHF but not ATC. Only the TWR frequency works for me, 132.55, so I have to ask startup/taxi and take off from 132.55. Is that normal for DCS? In real life don't military guys use UHF for almost all ATC? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zeagle Posted March 31, 2020 Share Posted March 31, 2020 (edited) Which plane are you using Bbow? Make sure you have the correct radio selected. Also make sure you are on AM not FM. IRL they used UHF because it was safer than VHF (line of sight mostly and shorter range...you don't want the bad guys listening). VHF though has been and is now used quite a lot for ATC situations. In this day of datalink and encryption, the reason for choosing between UHF and VHF is mostly one of convenience or necessity if the other party doesn't have UHF. Edited March 31, 2020 by Zeagle Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bog9y Posted March 31, 2020 Author Share Posted March 31, 2020 I'm using the F16. Correct frequency dialed up and using the correct button to transmit on UHF but no reply from ATC. If I use the VHF freq and button i do get a reply from the TWR (start up clearance, taxi , take off). Is GND control and DEP /APP impelemented in DCS? Oh, I think it is all AM...not sure, I'll double check Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bog9y Posted March 31, 2020 Author Share Posted March 31, 2020 So checked again, freq are AM. when I tuned Nellis tower on UHF it worked. But no ground control. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
draconus Posted March 31, 2020 Share Posted March 31, 2020 (edited) Currently for DCS airfields there are multiple frequencies for the ATC so that different modules can use their radios. ATC contact includes asking/requesting for startup, taxi, take off, inbound, landing and azimuth. No Ground, Approach, Tower, Departure, ATIS and the like are implemented as separate freq and radio. You can find some cool missions though done by some very talented and creative users that do include RL radio comms. Other than that you can contact ground crew. Edited March 31, 2020 by draconus Win10 i7-10700KF 32GB RTX3060 Rift S T16000M TWCS TFRP FC3 F-14A/B F-15E CA SC NTTR PG Syria Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bog9y Posted April 2, 2020 Author Share Posted April 2, 2020 Currently for DCS airfields there are multiple frequencies for the ATC so that different modules can use their radios. ATC contact includes asking/requesting for startup, taxi, take off, inbound, landing and azimuth. No Ground, Approach, Tower, Departure, ATIS and the like are implemented as separate freq and radio. You can find some cool missions though done by some very talented and creative users that do include RL radio comms. Other than that you can contact ground crew. Cool, thanks for the answer. After a thorough search I read somewhere that DCS is planning on focusing upgrading the ATC system for the next update. Fingers crossed! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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