Very informative! It is just a shame that DCS can’t truly portray how the base channels were used IRL. In the Swedish airforce each air base has a number, 1 was Västerås, 7 is the still active wing of “Såtenäs”. They are often referred to as F7 etc. where F stands for Flottilj, Airwing might be the equivalent in English. These number designations are are so commonly used in press and media that my girlfriend knows that F16 is Uppsala and F7 is Såtenäs. So they where probably very easy for an Airforce pilot to remember. If you are flying from F7 Såtenäs you select 7 on the base selector knob. Now each button has a function tied to that very base! A = Tower, B = Precision Approach (PAR), C = Civilian Area Control, C2 = Military Area Control, D = Metrology Office. If you need to divert, just fly towards your new destination and call Charlie channel on the appropriate base number once you approach their airspace. So simple and so effective. As long as you are a neutral nation not cooperating with NATO forces asI believe the group channels were more or less permanently tied to GCI units and their sub channels.
Thanks, never took the time to fully understand before. Was just guessing which button did what haha, and it seems at least the range difference of the VHF and UHF is modeled.
In the mission editor you can set the channels, but once the simulation is running no - though you have a preset to every radio on the map as all the ATCs are pre-set, your wingmen are pre-set, and all other aircraft and ground troops (with radios) are set. In real life you would have more need of use on the manual entry for the FR22 because channels could pop-up and you wouldn't have all JTACs (though in DCS you do unless you intentionally remove them in the ME).
Thank you for this. I love the Viggen but the in game training missions are seriously lacking. I just did the Mjolnir Response and couldn't get the wingmen to ever do anything... And I think this is why. It's weird that even with simple radio selected in options it sounds like you still have to do this in cockpit stuff unlike in other planes. I also realize now that the reason why the AWACS would never respond, even with my selecting different channels, is that I was too low/behind terrain so theoretically it couldn't hear me. Or it's all just bugged, who knows.
It's possible, but it's also possible that the campaign hasn't been updated - you'll notice a lot of the Viggen's weapons come in a "AI" flavor because the AI wingmen can't deploy the weapons you carry, they have to have a version of their own to use. For a long (long!) time the AI versions didn't exist, so there is a chance the AI is broken in the campaign because they are carrying the wrong weapons.
@@Leadnap I might track down the mission file and try to check that myself then. Funnily enough, I'm trying to take off on questionable roads on Cypress and I wanted to watch the track for something else but the AI can't fly as dodgily as I can so keeps slamming into a tower right after takeoff. By the way, do you have a countermeasures/ECM tutorial for the Viggen that I'm missing? If not your style would be great at explaining that stuff as well.
Very informative!
It is just a shame that DCS can’t truly portray how the base channels were used IRL.
In the Swedish airforce each air base has a number, 1 was Västerås, 7 is the still active wing of “Såtenäs”. They are often referred to as F7 etc. where F stands for Flottilj, Airwing might be the equivalent in English. These number designations are are so commonly used in press and media that my girlfriend knows that F16 is Uppsala and F7 is Såtenäs. So they where probably very easy for an Airforce pilot to remember.
If you are flying from F7 Såtenäs you select 7 on the base selector knob. Now each button has a function tied to that very base!
A = Tower,
B = Precision Approach (PAR),
C = Civilian Area Control,
C2 = Military Area Control,
D = Metrology Office.
If you need to divert, just fly towards your new destination and call Charlie channel on the appropriate base number once you approach their airspace. So simple and so effective. As long as you are a neutral nation not cooperating with NATO forces asI believe the group channels were more or less permanently tied to GCI units and their sub channels.
great amount of detail in these tutorials ,i subbed :)
The amount of presets are insane !
Thanks, never took the time to fully understand before. Was just guessing which button did what haha, and it seems at least the range difference of the VHF and UHF is modeled.
Super video, very educational. Thanks. I am myself at the Viggen learning.
This clears up a few things! Thank you and Happy New Year!
Wow, great video.
Great video man! Wonderful job! Thanks for sharing
WTF this video was FUCKING AWESOME!!!! :D
Fantastic guide, thank you!
Great video! Is it possible to change the preset channels somehow?
In the mission editor you can set the channels, but once the simulation is running no - though you have a preset to every radio on the map as all the ATCs are pre-set, your wingmen are pre-set, and all other aircraft and ground troops (with radios) are set. In real life you would have more need of use on the manual entry for the FR22 because channels could pop-up and you wouldn't have all JTACs (though in DCS you do unless you intentionally remove them in the ME).
Pretty detailed
Thank you!
Thank you for this. I love the Viggen but the in game training missions are seriously lacking. I just did the Mjolnir Response and couldn't get the wingmen to ever do anything... And I think this is why. It's weird that even with simple radio selected in options it sounds like you still have to do this in cockpit stuff unlike in other planes. I also realize now that the reason why the AWACS would never respond, even with my selecting different channels, is that I was too low/behind terrain so theoretically it couldn't hear me. Or it's all just bugged, who knows.
It's possible, but it's also possible that the campaign hasn't been updated - you'll notice a lot of the Viggen's weapons come in a "AI" flavor because the AI wingmen can't deploy the weapons you carry, they have to have a version of their own to use. For a long (long!) time the AI versions didn't exist, so there is a chance the AI is broken in the campaign because they are carrying the wrong weapons.
@@Leadnap I might track down the mission file and try to check that myself then. Funnily enough, I'm trying to take off on questionable roads on Cypress and I wanted to watch the track for something else but the AI can't fly as dodgily as I can so keeps slamming into a tower right after takeoff. By the way, do you have a countermeasures/ECM tutorial for the Viggen that I'm missing? If not your style would be great at explaining that stuff as well.
Great tutorial! Would you share the slides?
Just send an email to "submit@leadnap.com" asking for them and I will happily send you the slides.