Brian Smith Posted October 21, 2020 at 02:35 PM Posted October 21, 2020 at 02:35 PM Do the voice servers have enough capacity for pilots to use local CTAF frequencies now instead of the omnibus 122.800? In most cases in Alaska, CTAF is 122.900. I’m not sure if that would even work now the way vatsim voice works. I thought I’d read a while back that eventually Vatsim would move to allowing realistic frequency usage. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mats Edvin Aaro Posted October 21, 2020 at 04:02 PM Posted October 21, 2020 at 04:02 PM Short answer; not yet - continue using 122.800. Long answer: Down the line, the plan is to implement local CTAF frequencies. However there is a multitude of problems and issues to resolve before that can happen. Firstly, CTAF frequencies for all airports in the world would need to be documented, structured and implemented in AFV, which is a colossal task. Secondly, those frequencies would need to be shown in the clients in an organized and easy-to-understand way so that everyone, including complete beginners understand which frequency to use. Without that, the whole purpose of having CTAF in the first place is gone, as people will be on all kinds of different frequencies. Also, the usage of CTAF/UNICOM frequencies around the world vary greatly, from having airport-designated frequencies, to local frequencies, regional frequencies etc... It's not that the voice servers don't handle the implementation, because they do; but having it the way it is now is much better until the developers can do it properly. Just like with 8,33kHz implementation, the technology is there, but it wouldn't make sense to implement it currently as it would only confuse pilots greatly... 4 Mats Edvin AarøAssistant to the Vice President - Supervisors VATSIM General Manager: Member Engagement[email protected] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay Lusk Posted November 17, 2021 at 02:06 AM Posted November 17, 2021 at 02:06 AM (edited) A year since the above post... I'm a new user now seeing airport specific CTAF frequencies listed/highlighted in the Vatsim AIP (https://my.vatsim.net/pilots/aip). Are these now the preferred uncontrolled "traffic" channels for Vatsim use, or should we still default to 122.800 in all uncontrolled locales? Thanks for the update. J. Edited November 17, 2021 at 02:46 AM by Jay Lusk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lars Bergmann Posted November 17, 2021 at 11:31 AM Posted November 17, 2021 at 11:31 AM No, it's still 122.800. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mats Edvin Aaro Posted November 17, 2021 at 12:29 PM Posted November 17, 2021 at 12:29 PM 10 hours ago, Jay Lusk said: A year since the above post... I'm a new user now seeing airport specific CTAF frequencies listed/highlighted in the Vatsim AIP (https://my.vatsim.net/pilots/aip). Are these now the preferred uncontrolled "traffic" channels for Vatsim use, or should we still default to 122.800 in all uncontrolled locales? Thanks for the update. J. As Lars said, nothing has changed. This is simply a step in the plan to implement it in the future. 🙂 The membership will be greatly informed and educated on when such a transition were to happen, along with tutorial videos etc. 1 Mats Edvin AarøAssistant to the Vice President - Supervisors VATSIM General Manager: Member Engagement[email protected] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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