John McMurdo Posted October 9, 2021 at 08:44 PM Posted October 9, 2021 at 08:44 PM (edited) I was on my way to EDDM and I had just dialed in the approach frequency on my radio. I got a PM from ATC to get in touch, so I tried, but no response, I got another text message, so I figured ok my radio has decided to play up again. I have had issues before at the beginning of flights when making first contact with ground, but never in air, and this was a critical moment. I was still pretty far out from Munich, but even so, not ideal. I sent a text message on unicom, hoping ATC would see it and just disconnected. I continued to Munich offline, but was still disappointed. My question is this, should this happen again, at what point in should one not take the risk of reconnecting, obviously if ATC is in the middle of giving me vectors or i'm already established on ILS im not going to try reconnecting. I cant remember how far out I was, I would have to review my twitch stream, but I was descending and just passing FL230 when ATC messaged me. And as for AVS, well lest just say I think I will just go back to charts than rely on a plugin to help me find my way round an airport. Edited October 9, 2021 at 08:51 PM by John McMurdo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dustin Rider Posted October 10, 2021 at 02:20 AM Posted October 10, 2021 at 02:20 AM 5 hours ago, John McMurdo said: My question is this, should this happen again, at what point in should one not take the risk of reconnecting, obviously if ATC is in the middle of giving me vectors or i'm already established on ILS im not going to try reconnecting. I cant remember how far out I was, I would have to review my twitch stream, but I was descending and just passing FL230 when ATC messaged me. This is another case of "use your best judgement." It's not terribly uncommon to see aircraft disconnect intentionally and unintentionally. When someone drops off my scope, I'll usually keep the datablock up for a minute or two just in case they come back, but that's largely when I'm working a center position. When you're in the terminal environment you can still reconnect, but that's really where the judgement comes in. If you were online and disconnected but kept flying without pausing, it's most likely okay to reconnect. It happens frequently when I'm controlling. If you're using XPilot and were kicked for low FPS, then it depends: are you in the middle of an event? Were you on final with a dozen minimally-spaced airplanes behind you? Probably best to finish offline. If you're one of four airplanes within fifty miles of the airport, then it's probably okay to reconnect. You can also find a little guidance here in the VATSIM Code of Conduct. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lauri Uusitalo Posted October 10, 2021 at 02:43 PM Posted October 10, 2021 at 02:43 PM Of course airports have procedures for these radio issues also. Depending your STAR these may differ, but here are couple of examples for EDDM: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andre Bohni Posted October 11, 2021 at 11:53 AM Posted October 11, 2021 at 11:53 AM I think we need to know a bit more of your Setting to help you with the Radio problem. It Could be that your Pilotclient is not uptodate and don't handle the xxx.xx5 frequency correct, or your Simulator has switched the Frequency after you dialed in the Correct one. Regards André Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kirk Christie Posted October 11, 2021 at 10:37 PM Posted October 11, 2021 at 10:37 PM (edited) Are you flying MSFS, there is apparently a setting you need to turn off. Ai controls ATC You can always revert to text. ATC doesn't monitor unicom. Edited October 11, 2021 at 10:38 PM by Kirk Christie Kirk Christie - VATPAC C3 VATPAC Undercover ATC Agent Worldflight Perth 737-800 Crew Member Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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