Thomas Derbyshire Posted September 15, 2015 at 06:32 PM Posted September 15, 2015 at 06:32 PM Hey guy, Bear in mind I am a complete newbie on vatsim and only completed one flight so far. However I have done a ton of reasearch around the order of things and what to expect from the controllers and vice versa. My main issue at the moment is some of the ATC chatter is completely inaudible, I wonder how the hell anyone can communicate. I always ask for a radio check and get a "readability 5" response so I know I can be heard . So my question is what I can I do about it? im using the vPilot client if that helps. One of the controllers last night told me to untick the VHF option in the audio settings which I did. It made the audio clearer but not by much. Any help appreciated. Cheers Thomas Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ross Carlson Posted September 15, 2015 at 06:37 PM Posted September 15, 2015 at 06:37 PM Is clarity the issue, or is it volume level? Developer: vPilot, VRC, vSTARS, vERAM, VAT-Spy Senior Controller, Boston Virtual ARTCC Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thomas Derbyshire Posted September 15, 2015 at 06:43 PM Author Posted September 15, 2015 at 06:43 PM Hi, Definitely clarity. Cheers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ross Carlson Posted September 15, 2015 at 06:51 PM Posted September 15, 2015 at 06:51 PM Are you using Wave or DirectSound? Try the other. Developer: vPilot, VRC, vSTARS, vERAM, VAT-Spy Senior Controller, Boston Virtual ARTCC Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thomas Derbyshire Posted September 15, 2015 at 07:09 PM Author Posted September 15, 2015 at 07:09 PM Yea it was set to direct sound initially, changing to WAVE helped but I still struggled with the clarity. Any other suggestions? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Markus Schober 1328585 Posted September 17, 2015 at 03:17 AM Posted September 17, 2015 at 03:17 AM Thomas, I wonder how the hell anyone can communicate. had to smile - this was exactly what I wondered when I connected for the first time and was about to start a topic like yours back then. However, meanwhile I learned that it is not always that bad. The clarity of voice communication mainly depends on the following factors. Your equipment - a good quality headset pays off Your and the controller's internet connection The controller's equipment The controller's pronounciation and care of speaking clearly The controller's phraseology Till today, I encountered a large variation of the latter four aspects, with results from perfectly understandable to impossible voice communication. What I also sometimes observe is that other pilots on the same frequency, but probably connected to other servers, are barely understandable, while your communication with ATC is good. Also, it is a lot easier to understand a controller when you already know what to expect. You did your preparations in terms of phraseology for this, but you also may want to prepare charts like SID / STAR charts, so you know the names of the routes you can expect from ATC in advance. For the case that someone uses phraseology you are not familiar with, you can still ask for the message as text and learn from that for the next time. Hope this helps - give it some more tries, and don't give up. Markus Markus Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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