Hi Guys and Girls,I've just bought a saitek radio panel and was doing some testing with RC4.I have a question. When I tune the freq requested and transfer it to the active freq I was under the impression that RC4 would automatically then contact this freq.For example:1- Contact center on 131.92- I press 7 to acknowledge.3 - I tune 131.9 on the panel and transfer to active.Now at this point I thought that RC4 would 'goto' 131.9 and instructions would continue to be recieved?In fact, RC4 sits there waiting for me to press 1 to 'contact center on 131.9'.This defeats the object of having the radio panel in my view as I may as well keep pressing 1. to tune and contact etcAm I doing something wrong, or is this the way it works?FYI - When i contact weather at the start it automatically kicks in when I've tuned the correct freq. I thought it would be the same with other frequencies.ThanksJon

RC will tune comm 1 if you have the option to autotune on contact enabled. This works with standard tuning radios. I don't know if your Saitek panel will allow that.If you have that option off, you ack, tune your radio, and then press contact.For all of this pilot auto-reply would be off.Weather or ATIS is a continuous loop that you will here on the appropriate frequency. Where no ATIS weather is available RC will request it from a flight service station. There is no ack on getting weather and I don't recall if you have a menu option to return back to center or it happens automatically. If you look at the controller page in RC you'll see what services/frequencies are available.

Thanks. I will try that.Jon

Now at this point I thought that RC4 would 'goto' 131.9 and instructions would continue to be recieved?In fact, RC4 sits there waiting for me to press 1 to 'contact center on 131.9'.

This is a simulation of what would happen in real life. Controllers don't get a message on their screens or a ring on their 'phone just because you tune their frequency. They need you to press the transmit button and announce your identity (i.e. your call sign). That's what RC is simulating with the "contact centre" keypress -- unless you have the option turned off you'll hear your simulated self tell control who you are.

This defeats the object of having the radio panel in my view as I may as well keep pressing 1. to tune and contact etc

That's only if you use tune and contact, which is of course not realistic and only really intended for those unfortunate not to have "real" radio controls to adjust.RegardsPete