Radio frequency increment

jensjens
in Operational questions

Hi. Yesterday I had my first flight on VATSIM with the q400, and they asked me to tune to a frequency that ended in .070 or similar. Is this frequency impossible to tune in this aircraft? I couldn't find information elsewhere on this topic.

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  • jpgmultimodaljpgmultimodal

    Hello Jens,

    As far as I know, the Q400s that we have do not have the 8.33 Khz spacing. I think it would be advisable to write that in the remarks of the FPL when flying on line.

    JP

  • jensjens

    Thank you, I will do that in the future. Have a nice day.

    Jens

  • ckyliuckyliu
    edited October 2018

    You will find if you tune to the nearest frequency possible on your radio, VATSIM will tune just fine.

    FSX and P3D engines do not support 8.33 KHz channel spacing anyway (just old school 25 KHz), so any radio in the sim displaying 3 decimal places is just for show (behind the scenes it's just picking the closest 25 KHz channel), and the online controllers reading out the frequencies to 3 decimal places are doing so to replicate real life, the back end systems are still ultimately 25 KHz too.

    ckyliu - Proud supporter of http://www.ViaIntercity.com, over 950+ J41 & Q400 flights and 200+ for A320

  • EseemEseem

    On VATSIM, ignore the third decimal. It's a result of older sims and software not being able to interpret the xxx.xx5-frequencies. Set whatever gives you a match of the first two decimals.

  • aua668aua668

    Hi,

    I am reviving this old thread. VATSIM goes to 8.33 kHz spacing. So we need a patch to allow the 8.33 kHz channel spacing. Any chance to get an update?

    https://forum.vatsim.net/t/vatsim-8-33-khz-frequencies-trial/3088

    BR
    Reinhard

  • kroswyndkroswynd

    We have added this to our list of items to add (if possible)

  • aua668aua668
    :)
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