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DVA6912
Captain, MD-88
Joined on January 20 2009
Denver, CO USA
35 legs, 64.5 hours
33 legs,
61.6 hours online
31 legs,
58.0 hours ACARS
3 legs,
6.9 hours event
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Posted onPost created on
May 08 2010 20:38 ET by Jeffrey Hepburn
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Hey guys,
I was planning to fly my first event and noticed the note about using the company voice channel if no ATC is available. I currently use FSINN...can someone tell me what I need to do to 1) set the channel up, and 2) use it?
Also, how is this channel typically used? It is a free-for-all chat room type voice channel or strictly for in-flight comms? Thanks!
Jeffrey HepburnCaptain, MD-88
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DVA3931
Senior Captain, L-1011-100
OLP, COMM
Joined on January 19 2007
50 State Club
Tri-Jet Triumph
Million Mile Club
Online Quadruple Century Club
Flying Colonel
Globetrotter
Burbank 500 Club
Eurocap Club
DVA Fifteen-Year Anniversary
"De oppresso liber"
Surry, ME
1,882 legs, 3,806.7 hours
478 legs,
767.8 hours online
1,107 legs,
1,674.5 hours ACARS
55 legs,
114.8 hours event
195 legs dispatched, 134.4
hours
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Posted onPost created on
May 09 2010 08:24 ET by Andrew Kaufmann
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You must go into the ADVANCED tab at the bottom of the control panel, and bring up the VVL tab. That is your FSInn radio control panel. You type RW.liveatc.net/DAL in the open area.
Go here:
http://vacc.fi/downloads/software/fsinn/FSInn_1_2_EN.PDF
Read - although it is the older version - it still has valuable information
If you are completely bamboozled, drop me an email, I'd be glad to link up with you and help you out with anything FS/FSInn related.
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DVA7636
Senior Captain, L-1011-100
OLP
Joined on August 11 2009
50 State Club
Events Double Century Club
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Quincentenary Club
Online Quintuple Century Club
Globetrotter
Black Pearl Club
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"Uses "Sparkly Eyes" Technique on ATC"
Channelview, TX USA
588 legs, 1,196.5 hours
572 legs,
1,164.8 hours online
586 legs,
1,192.9 hours ACARS
287 legs,
572.1 hours event
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Posted onPost created on
May 09 2010 10:57 ET by Tracy Norris
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Jeffrey Hepburn wrote:
Hey guys,
I was planning to fly my first event and noticed the note about using the company voice channel if no ATC is available. I currently use FSINN...can someone tell me what I need to do to 1) set the channel up, and 2) use it?
Also, how is this channel typically used? It is a free-for-all chat room type voice channel or strictly for in-flight comms? Thanks!
Jeffrey,
To be clear, you would normally use the Unicom frequency 122.8 to self-announce your intentions when no ATC is available. The company frequency just allows us DVA pilots to talk plane-to-plane without interfering with other (non-company) traffic on an ATC frequency.
It's handy with very light traffic but, when ATC IS online and company pilots are also talking, they tend to step on each other and make both unreadable. Speaking for myself, I have to leave the private frequency when dealing with ATC to make sure I can hear everything they say. 
Tracy NorrisSenior Captain, L-1011-100
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DVA6592
Captain, B737-800
OLP
Joined on November 07 2008
Online Century Club
Everett Century Club
DVA Five-Year Anniversary
Double Century Club
"Dont forget to lower your gear......"
VA USA
203 legs, 624.6 hours
173 legs,
498.7 hours online
189 legs,
588.6 hours ACARS
2 legs,
6.6 hours event
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Posted onPost created on
May 10 2010 13:47 ET by Robert Reifsnyder
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Also, at least using fsinn... to avoid the talk-over when using the company channel and atc at the same time, the little speaker icons in fsinn will mute particular channels temporarily to allow you to talk to atc without hearing company traffic at the same time, as well as clicking the little boxes in the vvl panel. i cant remember what each box does but you can experiment with it.
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DVA4595
Senior Captain, A320
OLP
Joined on June 15 2007
B757 100 Club
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Millennium Club
Online Millennium Club
DVA Fifteen-Year Anniversary
Event Half Century Club
"How 'bout them Dawgs?"
Cumming, GA
1,370 legs, 1,903.7 hours
1,273 legs,
1,764.9 hours online
1,323 legs,
1,832.7 hours ACARS
52 legs,
95.6 hours event
3 legs dispatched, 10.8
hours
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Posted onPost created on
May 11 2010 08:19 ET by Mark Springsteen
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If you hold the curser over the little boxes, one will say priority channel. If ATC is on, make sure that the priority is set to the COM1 freq instead of the company voice channel. This will allow ATC to not get cut off if someone is talking on the company voice channel.
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DVA6149
First Officer, B777-200
OLP
E-MAIL
Joined on July 14 2008
Century Club
Lake City, FL USA
102 legs, 296.5 hours
91 legs,
263.4 hours online
101 legs,
290.0 hours ACARS
22 legs,
43.5 hours event
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Posted onPost created on
May 12 2010 20:36 ET by James Johnson
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What about pilots using SB, how do we tune into Company Frequency to chat with other pilots when no ATC online. I undestand about the unicom 122.8 but is company frequency different?
James JohnsonFirst Officer, B777-200
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DVA7897
Captain, B767-300
Joined on October 14 2009
Everett 250 Club
Triple Century Club
Online Triple Century Club
DVA Five-Year Anniversary
Bezau, Vorarlberg AT
363 legs, 1,291.5 hours
331 legs,
1,160.2 hours online
343 legs,
1,173.5 hours ACARS
2 legs,
12.8 hours event
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Posted onPost created on
May 13 2010 05:38 ET by Mathias Ratz
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on Squackbox its not possible to make an Company Channel, but on the 767 Group flight, we made a "Privat Choice Chat" so we could also talk to eatch other.
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