Thank you, again, for your quick reply!
I have been using only the Beech B1900d. Here is the procedure I've been using:
1. Start FlightGear at KOSH (active runway)
2. Click
EXT PWR to ON position.
3. Start Red Griffin ATC. Display shows:
KOSH Wittman Rgnl Ground @0.0 kt (0.0 km/h)
CTR: KOSH Wittman Rgnl RNG 30 nm DST 1.01 CRS 332 deg - 121.90 MHz - inside
COM1:**WARNING: This aircraft's radio is unusable ** 118.30 MHz - Distance: 5.40 nm @ 999 deg - Quality: 5
Please note the Warning message is pointing to the
COM1 active frequency of 118.30. The Standby frequency on
COM1 is 119.30.
COM2 is set to an active frequency of 128.30 and a Standby frequency of 121.90.
4. Click the
XFR/MEM lever to the right of the
COM2 display. This makes 121.90 the active frequency on
COM2.
Note that the switch to set the active radio shows
COMM1, COMM2 and
PA but cannot be moved. Also, the messages on the Red Griffin dialog box do not change.
5. Click "
Radio Check" in the Red Griffin dialog box. This displays the following pilot message (in green letters):
",Beechcraft 759. Radio check 118.30."
The ATC return is:
"Beechcraft 759,,Reading you 5. ATIS available 125.90."
6. Click "
Request Engine Start" in the Red Griffin dialog box. This displays the following pilot message:
",Beechcraft 759. Request start-up."
The ATC return is:
"Beechcraft 759, This is. Contact Ground at 121.90"
7. Change the Standby frequency of
COM1 to 121.90 by either hitting
F12 (radio settings) or using the black knobs under the abbreviation "COM".
8. Click the
XFR/MEM lever on
COM1. The bottom most (yellow) message in the RG diaolog box now reads:
COM1: **WARNING: This aircraft's radio is unusable ** 121.90 MHz - Distance 5.40 nm @ 999 deg - Quality: 5
8. Click "Radio Check" in the Red Griffin dialog box. This displays the following pilot message:
",Beechcraft 759. Radio check 121.90."
The ATC return is:
"Beechcraft 759,, Reading you 5. ATIS available 125.90."
9. Click "Request Engine Start" again returns the following pilot and ATC messages:
",Beechcraft 759. Request start-up."
The ATC return is:
"Beechcraft 759, This is. Unable to approve startup. You are not in this airfield."
So I must be doing something wrong when flying the B1900d if the two of us get different results. I hope you can determine from this what it is , exactly.
I tried the Robin DR-400 and it works with Red Griffin at KOSH just fine. I merely tune the Standby on COM1 to GND 121.90, flip the switch to make it the active frequency, Request Engine Start and the start up is approved! So it must be something I don't get about the B1900d.
Thank you!