Ralfi's Alley - GCI RADIO BREVITY (For beginners) (pt2)

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  • @SleepySkull1
    @SleepySkull1 5 років тому +157

    "MAGIC, Dagger 1-1, Request Bogey-Dope"
    Now the GCI will give you a bruh callout.
    This is when you realise you are still talking to your drug dealer in a unsecure location.

  • @wavehopper4183
    @wavehopper4183 5 років тому +72

    "Good day kind sir, I require a target fixation for a flight of four splendid fellows if you would. Thank you please."

  • @thomasmaier7053
    @thomasmaier7053 5 років тому +53

    His content just keeps coming. Veteran of 15 years of combat sim flying, still learned something today, thanks Ralfi!

  • @Duron13
    @Duron13 5 років тому +13

    I'm never ever going to be on any flysim in my life, and yet I still watch your videos on how to correctly play them.

  • @skye5547
    @skye5547 5 років тому +14

    Never thought id be taking more notes on DCS than my aerospace engineering class, this is all great info and I hope theres more to come, my notebook has plenty of spare room for additional notes

  • @Diselrattan
    @Diselrattan 5 років тому +103

    "dont use Cherubs" , but what about us AJS37 pilots with a fear of heights ?:P

    • @JainZar1
      @JainZar1 5 років тому +24

      NOE (Nap Of the Earth) or (Nuzzling mOther Earth) is an alternative. If you want to impress the JTAC you could transmitt: "Crayoneater 69, this is Catfish 4-1, Sierra-Whiskey-Echo-Delta-420, 1 time AJS37, IP BLAZE IT Cherubs 2, 4 times BK 90, Playtime 30 mikes, Abort Foxtrot-Yankee-Sierra, Ready for tasking"

    • @theflyinggasmask
      @theflyinggasmask 5 років тому +8

      @@JainZar1 more like 30 sec playtime lol

    • @anonymousontheinternet1309
      @anonymousontheinternet1309 5 років тому +4

      That's what "Decicherubs" is for!

    • @SGTcz90cz
      @SGTcz90cz 5 років тому +1

      I always gathered cherubs was for when you wanted to accurately state altitude in the weeds...

    • @Dragon.7722
      @Dragon.7722 5 років тому +2

      @@JainZar1 I like how you use "Catfish" for the ASJ37. Very fitting.

  • @StoneCoolds
    @StoneCoolds 5 років тому +65

    "A GCI can ask you to do something but he cant order you around" some DDCS hardcore server GCIs wanna have a word with you xD

    • @ralfidude
      @ralfidude  5 років тому +56

      Then they need to chill out

    • @StoneCoolds
      @StoneCoolds 5 років тому +2

      @@ralfidude yep lol

    • @6105boe
      @6105boe 5 років тому +16

      *Very Serious GCI* wants to know your location.

    • @julianviefers6703
      @julianviefers6703 4 роки тому +2

      @@ralfidude Either you will comply or you are traitor to the motherland and will be flagged hostile xD

  • @eccmo
    @eccmo 5 років тому +14

    Nice vid. I did a lot of live gci work during my service time on a nato early warning and gci site back in the 90´s. Well done so far but
    i nerver heard the expression BRAA. We gave always, if not requested otherwise, bearing, range, altiude and heading of the tgt. E.g. Raven 11 tgt 030, 25 25000 heading north.
    Bullseye control was used for CAP. You must be sure that every flight knew its bullseye.
    Looking forward fpr more

    • @CHECK6-963
      @CHECK6-963 4 роки тому +7

      ECCMO you are old school! We went to BRAA in the early 90s. :)

    • @SPFLDAngler
      @SPFLDAngler Рік тому

      BRAA is literally the same thing you described.

  • @Linkontro
    @Linkontro 5 років тому +3

    Brilliant refresher after a long break, thank you very much!

  • @slider292
    @slider292 5 років тому +2

    This might be my fav video of yours, of all-time. Thanks for this.

  • @Itskiryl33397
    @Itskiryl33397 5 років тому +1

    Great video! Having all the comms basics explained clearly and in one video is a godsend

  • @wolfmanDCS
    @wolfmanDCS 4 роки тому +1

    Thanks Ralfidude, your 2 part videos is just what I needed. Keep them coming!!!

  • @crashtestdummy9985
    @crashtestdummy9985 5 років тому

    Is it weird that not only do I already know about 90% of the video's lessons, but I've known about it for years, yet haven't played a proper sim in literally over a decade? I just sat here and correctly guessed all but one of the terms Ralfi was going to say before he said them. Like riding a bike, I guess.
    Well, now I'm going to go see if I can dig up that old flight manual from Jane's F-15 I'm sure I still have hidden somewhere in the house...just for shits and giggles. Thanks for unintentionally giving me some nostalgia, Ralfi.

  • @garrafa517
    @garrafa517 3 роки тому

    Thank you. I just started using SRS and this is really helpful. So I can stop asking the awacs "requesting Target", although they are friendly and give me the Braa. But when I started playing and heard the automated "request Bogey dope" I always understood "request Mojito" and thought someone was asking a tanker for fuel :D

  • @mandoctor7721
    @mandoctor7721 5 років тому +2

    Thank you for doing these! Always feel nervous about going on comms with somebody I don't know due to not knowing how to communicate properly.

  • @bpdlr
    @bpdlr 5 років тому +19

    Great vid Ralfi! I watch your stuff even though I don't play DCS and over time I've learned a lot of this stuff, but there's still a lot I haven't learned yet. Maybe a Part 3? :p
    Tally/Visual difference?
    Feet wet
    (does it just mean "over water"?)
    Splash/shack
    (air/ground?)
    Fox 1/2/3, rifle etc.
    (different missiles?)
    Smash (speed or something to do with lights?) - also some other words used with wingmen to communicate dropping tanks, fuel, ammo - Bingo, Winchester etc.)
    Spike (RWR)
    There are some specific air-to-ground commands too, like lasing targets and SEAD missions where you might be working with different types of aircraft. Obvs these don't get used a lot!

    • @ralfidude
      @ralfidude  5 років тому +9

      I'll consider touching on these, if you have other suggestions, just pop them on over here.

    • @JainZar1
      @JainZar1 5 років тому

      @@ralfidude I don't know how many 9-lines get thrown around in DCS, in Arma-Sim it's my bread and butter. Other than that, you could touch on what a Combat Spread is.

    • @Mav331
      @Mav331 5 років тому +4

      "Tally" bandits, "Visual" friendlies. "Feet wet" means over water, yes.

    • @KevinS47
      @KevinS47 5 років тому +1

      Thanks Mav, also there are tons of videos on youtube explaining fox1/2/3s, also "bingo" refers to your preset fuel level, you could set it to 2000 lbs of fuel, and when your total fuel level decreases to 2000 it means that you are "bingo fuel".

    • @erictheberry
      @erictheberry 5 років тому +3

      Fox 1 = semi-active radar missile (i.e. AIM7)
      Fox 2 = infrared guided missile (i.e. AIM9)
      Fox 3 = active radar guided missile (i.e. AIM120)
      Rifle = Air to Ground missile (i.e. a Maverick)

  • @alpacaactual8232
    @alpacaactual8232 5 років тому

    Rock on! I think I was on during that same session too. I remember the f5 engaging the tanker.

  • @Gildiaorg
    @Gildiaorg 5 років тому

    Dziękujemy! Kolejna, bardzo dobra publikacja na Twoim kanale. :)

  • @James-pt7yh
    @James-pt7yh 5 років тому

    Truly amazing, the only arial game Ive played was Ace Combat and Tom clancys Hawx. This look interesting as hell... Will consider it. Also Great Video! great stuff man!

  • @Cright300
    @Cright300 2 роки тому

    You are a great teacher. Thanks for your videos!

  • @anillik2124
    @anillik2124 4 роки тому

    Very cool video, as always ! Will surely help me on my next CAP.

  • @admiralmw
    @admiralmw 5 років тому

    These vids are great for us beginners, thank you! We need more!

  • @bazzi11
    @bazzi11 5 років тому

    You are such a boss making helpful videos. Thank you ❤️👏

  • @tinglydingle
    @tinglydingle 5 років тому

    I love the style and editing in this one.

  • @motomedicnyc
    @motomedicnyc 5 років тому

    Good vid, I love going on BF as GCI. I was away for while and popped back in last night for a few hrs.

  • @simonwahlstrom1296
    @simonwahlstrom1296 5 років тому

    This is sooo goood! Thank you so much! Keep them coming! :D

  • @ofkacz
    @ofkacz 3 роки тому +4

    Great video, well thought out and full of useful info. There are some minor mistakes though.
    1. No GCI says "for 40", "for 20" for distance. Correct BRAA format is "Uzi 11, (MAGIC - usually gets omitted to save transmission time if only one GCI is controlling) single group BRAA 200 (two zero zero), 25 (twenty five), 16 thousand (sixteen thousand) + ID (friendly, boget, bandit, hostile etc).
    2. GCI never ever abbreviates BULLSEYE for BULL - it is too likely to get it confused with BRAA over the radio.
    3. Singelton is still called single group - single contact is assumed within the group, GCI will only call out number of contacts if there are more.
    4. There is one more aspect - beam. So it is HOT, FLANK, BEAM and DRAG (GCI usually will say drag, not cold)
    Still great video!

  • @MrSnacko
    @MrSnacko 5 років тому

    AWESOME!! Thank you so much for these radio videos!!

  • @112-DavidL
    @112-DavidL 5 років тому

    thanks, Ralfidude, now I won't sound like a complete noob while on a server :D

  • @MillionFoul
    @MillionFoul 5 років тому +24

    Wait, doesn't CAP mean "Combat Air Patrol," not "Close Air Patrol?"

    • @ralfidude
      @ralfidude  5 років тому +11

      same difference

    • @aarnoman1088
      @aarnoman1088 5 років тому +5

      Yes, you are correct, CAP means Combat air patrol (www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/cap) in this context. Another aviation abbreviation for CAP is civil air patrol.

    • @Federation42movies
      @Federation42movies 3 роки тому +1

      @@ralfidude hmm.... I tell my folks that my sister and I are close, but really we're more combat siblings.
      True story. She's a bitch.

  • @jonathansepkuty5519
    @jonathansepkuty5519 4 роки тому +3

    Can you please make another one of these talking about how to communicate with your wingman/flight

  • @AGenericAccount
    @AGenericAccount 5 років тому +1

    Your rwr drawing is so detailed lol

  • @JerDog1984
    @JerDog1984 5 років тому

    I learned so much in that video, thank you!

  • @macdirty869
    @macdirty869 Рік тому

    That wingman video (part3) would be dope

  • @manolog.9962
    @manolog.9962 5 років тому +3

    Thank you so much for going over the basics for us noobs. Question about the angels calls. You say that ‘angels’ should only be used for friendly aircraft altitudes. In the example at the end the GCI was using angels for bandit calls. What should the GCI have used instead of ‘angels’ when calling out the bandit’s altitude?

    • @ralfidude
      @ralfidude  5 років тому +5

      instead of "angels 12", just "12 thousand", but again, if you use angels in that situation like he did, I'm not going to start yelling at him over it. I get what he's trying to say and that's all that matters.

    • @mostevil1082
      @mostevil1082 4 роки тому

      You're also never supposed to shorten bullseye to bulls... it's all firmly in the stuff that really doesn't matter in a game category.

  • @chrisrucksack
    @chrisrucksack 5 років тому +1

    Bullseye @ 5:00 If you want to train to deal with bullseye, search for bullseye training tool.

  • @Xeno426
    @Xeno426 5 років тому +2

    10:20
    Other reasons... like being an F-5E armed with rockets and GCI is directing you to a group of Su-27s. :D

  • @dannyboy5775
    @dannyboy5775 4 роки тому

    Good vid Ralfi.

  • @cardiacarrest1506
    @cardiacarrest1506 5 років тому

    Awesome vid, great help!

  • @drahomirpolach8890
    @drahomirpolach8890 5 років тому +2

    By me:
    "Dagger 1-1, Magic, Bandit, BRAA 20,40 at12K, HOT"
    OK.... So target at 20 degrees..., 40 miles, at ...at... ?
    "Magic, Dagger 1-1. Say again please."
    "Dagger 1-1, Magic, nevermind, target landed before 10 minutes..." :)

  • @SamnissArandeen
    @SamnissArandeen 4 роки тому +1

    Is there a place in my comms with a GCI or AWACS where I'd give them my type aircraft and weapon load? That information would be useful to avoid tasking A-10s in CAP or sending Hornets loaded only with AMRAAMs and Sidewinders to strike targets.

  • @JohnF0X
    @JohnF0X 5 років тому

    love these guides!

  • @williamhall2386
    @williamhall2386 5 років тому +2

    Posting from the porcelain throne

  • @cadenorris4009
    @cadenorris4009 4 роки тому

    2 things: first, I stopped flying in DDCS when the GCI started mumbling his words and taking forever to talk for blue force.
    2nd, I’ve heard on actual comms Of pilots requesting the angels of a bandit. Besides, I’m sure it doesn’t matter.

  • @matheusgclassen
    @matheusgclassen 5 років тому

    Just adding onto what you said about pair callouts
    Sometimes you might also hear the GCI call a pair of enemies an "Element"

    • @CHECK6-963
      @CHECK6-963 4 роки тому

      That's an intergroup sort. They shouldn't say element. So we "lock" groups and "target" inside the group, IE "Chalice Single group Bullseye 210/24, 19,000 Hostile" "Eagle 11, Locked there" "Chalice, 2 contacts Echelon NE Split 2" "Eagle 11 Sorted Northern" "Eagle 12 Sorted Southern". Let the foxing begin.

  • @russhogan6967
    @russhogan6967 5 років тому

    Great video. I wish you would do some more you doing GCI vids

  • @seancolvin8545
    @seancolvin8545 5 років тому

    well done Ralfi

  • @ALPHARICCO875
    @ALPHARICCO875 4 роки тому

    Thank you, super video

  • @alphabravo8763
    @alphabravo8763 5 років тому

    TYVM Ralfi !

  • @julianviefers6703
    @julianviefers6703 4 роки тому +1

    If a friendly locks you just send an aim54 to him. that will shut him up

  • @TJ-bk9vf
    @TJ-bk9vf 3 роки тому

    Gonna have to make “Dildo Baggins” my new callsign lmao

  • @schwabbel_di_babble3253
    @schwabbel_di_babble3253 2 роки тому

    CAP does mean combat air patrol if im not mistaken

  • @johnjohnjohnh
    @johnjohnjohnh 5 років тому +2

    "Dildo baggins" hahahahaha

  • @Xerandos
    @Xerandos 5 років тому

    Now a question arises... How would a Helo Pilot "sign in" with the GCI? and for information on the sorrounding area should I just use the Picture request?

  • @milipedecentipede2005
    @milipedecentipede2005 4 роки тому

    PART 3 PLEASE! 😂🙏

  • @palaius
    @palaius 4 роки тому

    There is one thing I don't quite get.
    With the BRAA, is the Bearing basically the heading I need to fly? So let's say GCI tells me "BRAA 135, 60 at 15k, hot" and I am already going at bearing 85°, does that mean if I just fly compass bearing 135 and just look at 15 thousand feet with my radar I should find him? Or is the enemy 135° off my nose and I also need to do math and would actually need to fly bearing 220 to find him?

    • @ralfidude
      @ralfidude  4 роки тому

      No math, the B in BRAA is Bearing which is the magnetic heading to the target. So in your case, you would turn right to a bearing of 135, set your radar range to 80nm (because at 60nm the target may be just outside of the 60nm range, you never know), and then set the elevation just above and below 15k like you mentioned. This is why BRAA is the preferred method of getting bandit info. No need to think about it. You just look at your compass and point your plane to the bearing given, that's it!

    • @palaius
      @palaius 4 роки тому

      @@ralfidude In that case that's easy enough. Thanks a lot :)

  • @ilejovcevski79
    @ilejovcevski79 5 років тому +1

    Is "negative" equivalent to "unable"? Can they be used interchangeably?

    • @ralfidude
      @ralfidude  5 років тому +3

      Sure, why not, it's not the military. But unable is a more polite way to refuse. Just saying negative to a request would work but is a bit more rude, might make the GCI ask you why not, etc and so forth. Whereas unable kind of speaks for itself. You can just use plain english without any code words. You're playing with other non military people after all.

    • @ilejovcevski79
      @ilejovcevski79 5 років тому +1

      @@ralfidude good to know! Thanks mate, keep these up, they are most informative :D

  • @michakasprzak6869
    @michakasprzak6869 4 роки тому +1

    Are you a real pilot? This is crazy shit :D I have no time for learning DCS and all but I'd love to

  • @SCP--ku9ux
    @SCP--ku9ux 4 роки тому +1

    would you need to interact with GCI if you're ground pounding?

    • @ralfidude
      @ralfidude  4 роки тому +1

      No, but it helps to have him in the background, in case he calls out bandits coming your way.

    • @ralfidude
      @ralfidude  4 роки тому

      @Corvidae If you don't know what to do in that regard, you can always call up the GCI and ask him if he/she is available. If not, call up on the common freak on 253 and ask the people what they need. Otherwise, you might be stuck just taking a general AG loadout and go through the F-10 red circles of ground targets that GAW and PGAW shows you. This is in regards to those two servers, also don't forget you have the option of checking WEBGCI for hoggit. For other servers, you might need to check the frequencies used there to check which channel is appropriate.

  • @kreisch1
    @kreisch1 5 років тому +8

    What?! You mention "BRAA" without a "bra" reference? I'm disappointed ;)

    • @BLT001
      @BLT001 4 роки тому +1

      That lifts and separates him from the rest.

  • @juhi8711
    @juhi8711 5 років тому +1

    It's a neat video, but the diagrams are a bit confusing with respect to heading. Is it 20° from North, or aircraft heading?

    • @___seb4843
      @___seb4843 5 років тому +2

      Ju Hi aircraft heading

    • @ralfidude
      @ralfidude  5 років тому

      Which part is confusing

    • @MillionFoul
      @MillionFoul 5 років тому +2

      In the diagram, the aircraft heading is north, so these are one and the same. While GCI can see your current heading in DCS this isn't always true in real life, and heading can change frequently in combat, and so bearings are given as a reference to the compass. If the GCI wanted to indicate 20 degrees to your right, he might say "Twenty degrees right" or something like that, though most of the time they'll just give a magnetic bearing to the target, and then you figure out which way to go.

    • @JainZar1
      @JainZar1 5 років тому

      @@MillionFoul Or they tell you: "Bandit flanking east, to your 10 o'clock"

    • @juhi8711
      @juhi8711 5 років тому +1

      @@ralfidude @4:20 the image shows ownship heading east and a +20° deflection to bogey, but then a braa call for 110° is mentioned but not shown visually. I can math it out, but at first glance the diagram and description don't show the same thing.
      It's minor stuff, just made me stop and think during the video, about what you were trying to convey.
      So as not to just whine - my suggestion if asked would be to use an HSI compass oriented N up, with ownship inside. Indicating deviations could be in "o'clocks", or degrees, calling attention to the fact that heading and bearing are what's indicated by the 20° in the aforementioned example.
      Since nobody actually asked, I'll GFMS and STFU!

  • @SPANKA.
    @SPANKA. 5 років тому

    I wanna play this game so bad🤦🏾‍♂️, and what does GCI stand for?

    • @crashtestdummy9985
      @crashtestdummy9985 5 років тому +1

      Ground Controlled Interception, though I've heard some other variations in the past.

  • @amosk24
    @amosk24 5 років тому +1

    You're drawings get darker and darker as the video goes on. Run out of candle light?

    • @ralfidude
      @ralfidude  5 років тому +4

      Electricity is slowly dying with every waking hour. UA-cam is no longer profitable enough to keep up with demand.

  • @Saguanay
    @Saguanay 4 роки тому

    Where is " BRAA 380 for 40 "exactly? :)

    • @CHECK6-963
      @CHECK6-963 4 роки тому +1

      I had a student tell an EAGLE to "SNAP 430". Meaning max g to a 430 heading, I asked if he was using a compass rose or an oven dial"

    • @Saguanay
      @Saguanay 4 роки тому

      @@CHECK6-963 lol. It's all degrees in his head.

  • @malanciucpaulcasian8795
    @malanciucpaulcasian8795 4 роки тому

    Please make more tutorials.

  • @adamwash917
    @adamwash917 4 роки тому

    never knew AWACS could be a player in dcs lol

  • @julianviefers6703
    @julianviefers6703 5 років тому

    Dagger 1-1: Raygun
    Dagger 1-2: Buddy
    Dagger 1-1: Fox!
    Sagger 1-2: well shit now i have a phoenix up my ass...

  • @manizaeim
    @manizaeim 5 років тому

    @4:18 Flanking North or beaming?

    • @ralfidude
      @ralfidude  5 років тому +1

      No GCI on DCS will ever say beaming. Flaking, just flanking 3:58.

    • @manizaeim
      @manizaeim 5 років тому

      @@ralfidude thanks for clarification

    • @CHECK6-963
      @CHECK6-963 4 роки тому +1

      @@manizaeim Real world "Beam"ing is the most important call I can ever get or give. It tells everyone involved the target aspect may well lead to a lost bandit. This tells us to change angles or targeting. Realize that the reason AWACS and the fighters fly different caps, E/W and N/S etc. is so that if one of us is being beamed the other isn't. So if the fighter is being beamed, AWACS isn't and can still make threat calls. There's a lot subtlety to the fight. As an example the reason we say, Notch for my action and Beam for the enemy and Crank versus flank is so in the real world if you just hear part of the transmission, you know who is offensive or defensive. If you hear me say beam and nothing else you know the enemy is maneuvering to defeat our radar. If you hear me say "Notch" and the rest of the transmission is lost you know I'm sideways trying to drop the enemy lock. Bandit is not hostile. They are VERY different things. An airliner that took off from enemy territory is legally a bandit. Doesn't mean it can be killed, Hostile is a clearance to kill. In my career I ID'd lots of bandits and hostiles, hostiles could be, and were killed. Bandits not necessarily so. Back to your original question, BEAM would be used on the BRAA call. IE "THUG 61 THREAT BRAA 210/20 BEAM NORTH" COLD is said in CAPS , it's referred to as DRAG once we commit. HOT is assumed, we don't say it unless I called the group drag or cold and then they maneuver back hot. IE "Chalice, Single Group Bullseye 211, 30, 12,000, DRAG, HOSTILE". "CHALICE , GROUP BULLSEYE 220/40 MANEUVER" (He's maneuvering but I'm waiting for the aspect to stabilize to call it. Then, "Group Bullseye 245/32 15,000 HOT, HOSTILE" Honestly the AI AWACS / GCI in DCS is atrocious. It's "BULLSEYE" not BULLS, a guy might say "BULL" in a pinch but NEVER "BULLS". Don't know why that cant fix that after all these years. Soapbox rant complete!

    • @CHECK6-963
      @CHECK6-963 4 роки тому

      @@ralfidude I love your stuff but that is the most perfect beam ever, he's not flanking there.

  • @Sven2157
    @Sven2157 4 роки тому

    CAP = COMBAT Air Patrol. ;-)

  • @SPFLDAngler
    @SPFLDAngler Рік тому

    So weird how your accent changes video to video.

  • @DecidelyUnethical
    @DecidelyUnethical 5 років тому +2

    What happened to the first one?

    • @nindger4270
      @nindger4270 5 років тому +1

      I'm guessing the traffic chatter has retroactively become part 1?

    • @DCSMustang
      @DCSMustang 5 років тому

      4:10 he had the wrong heading in this call with 20° in the first version, now he fixed it to be 110° ;)

    • @ralfidude
      @ralfidude  5 років тому +4

      Fixed one error, and added another portion to the video I missed.

  • @nigelmtb
    @nigelmtb 5 років тому

    CAP is Combat Air Patrol, surely?