I just purchased P2ATC the other day and have been slowly trying to figure it out.  A few questions:

I've noticed that when I read back atc instructions on the ground, i get no response, however if I use SAY IT after the voice says it, atc responds with readback correct.  I'm reading from the same box and yet I get nothing.  ATC seems to understand my requests.  Sometimes I'll read back clearance instructions and the controller will respond with just altitude and squawk code, almost like it didn't understand me originally.  I'll repeat just those two pieces, but still no atc response.

Also, I did a flight from KPIT to KPHL and was using a simbrief ifr flight plan.   I decided after 10 mins after takeoff that I wanted to land in Harrisburg (KMDT).  I couldn't figure out how to have ATC guide me there.  I was looking through the grammar files and found "request clearance to xxxx airport.  I did that, and received a clearance, but as I approached, it didn't give me any instructions to vector for landing.  How am I supposed to go about having ATC direct me to land at an airport that was not in the original flight plan.

Thank you

Bill

You need to do the Language training that you access in the Grammar Help window pressing the Train button.  Do it for all the controllers.  This will train windows how you pronounce the key words needed for readbacks.

If you want vectors, then you can request vectors to an approach.  For example, "<CallSign> request vectors for the ILS approach to runway xx at Kilo Mike Delta Tango".

Dave

thank you for replying so quickly.   It sounds like I need to know on my own which is the active runway to request vectors to?  I asked ATC for weather at that airport and it told me everything with the exception of the active runways.  So, is it up to me to determine that based on the winds provided by ATC?  If I tuned in the ATIS frequency, would that have given me active runways?

 

Thanks

You could request to leave frequency and tune to ATIS, or just ask the controller for the acitve runway.  "Say Active runway at Kilo Mike Delta Tango for <CallSign>".  Then request vectors to your desired approach.  

Dave

awesome thank you!