Travesty 265 Report post Posted August 6, 2016 (edited) As Kushieda would say: Quote Travesty likes his callsigns He's right, and I didn't realise other players were curious about my callsigns until I was asked twice this weekend about them. There's nothing fancy about them, but I figured I'd state what they were (Most are commonly used anyway) if they help newer pilots get used to radio/TS comms. Aircraft Callsigns I use the model of the aircraft to denote what I am flying: Ghost 1-1 (I use "Ghost" only, to avoid confusing Ghost Hawk with Mohawk) Mohawk 1-1 Huron 1-1 Taru 1-1 Little Bird 1-1 (I've not heard anyone use Hummingbird, so stick to Little Bird also) Buzzard 1-1 Neophoron 1-1 Blackfish 1-1 Because there are three Ghost Hawk spawns, I use Ghost 1-1, Ghost 1-2, and Ghost 1-3. 1-1 is closest pad to pilot spawn, 1-2 the middle pad, and Ghost 1-3 (My personal preference) is the camo Ghost Hawk next to the Huron spawn. The same for the Blackfish, the Infantry Transport is closest to pilot spawn so that's 1-1, the Vehicle Transport is 1-2. Why 1-1? Because if you have a couple of AA/CAS over AO, you can designate them as 2-1 and 2-2 to denote hostiles and use this to coordinate attacks. Helicopter Pad Callsigns Most pilots already do this, but there's been some confusion about which pad at base is 1 and which is 4. It's left to right, if you're facing infantry spawn. E.g. 1 is closest to the heli repair pad, 4 is the closest to the AA tower. Use of callsigns Most pilots pick this up from listening to TS, but here are some examples I use when flying on the I&A server: Quote Ghost 1-3 is RTB (Returning to base) Quote Ghost 1-3 is approaching Base from North, landing Pad 3 Quote Huron 1-1 is re-tasking to FOB, 6 clicks (Kilometers) out Quote Buzzard 1-1 is active over AO, engaging Kajman 2-1 Like I said, there's nothing fancy about these callsigns. Just a bit of roleplay fun. If I've missed anything, please add it below. I'd love to expand to my callsigns! Edited August 6, 2016 by Travesty 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
callsigncobra 0 Report post Posted August 7, 2016 Yes do quote me -kush (im kush need to change my name XD) Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Tracuer 92 Report post Posted August 8, 2016 sounds really good. I like the idea of ghost 1-1 to 1-3, it'd be cool to see this used a little more, just for the fun of the roleplay... and I think it is about time we cleared that 'pad 1-4' thing up as well now we only need to find a way to hush things down in the channel a little and have people use those call-signs. would be cool Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
=S.N.A.F.U.= 92 Report post Posted September 1, 2016 The informal designations for the choppers are "Sandy" - Desert camo Blackhawk "Trevor" - Tropic camo Blackhawk "Gerome" - non Camo Blackhawk I can't remember the others at the moment 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
LaughingCow 21 Report post Posted November 6, 2016 Simple but effective Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Parko 24 Report post Posted November 25, 2016 On 8/8/2016 at 11:45 AM, Tracuer said: now we only need to find a way to hush things down in the channel a little and have people use those call-signs. would be cool That will only happen if you lock the channel and dont give out the password Just wondering if it would be worth putting up a list of common abbrvs? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
