BF-888S - Add Arsenal Stats

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Advanced Combat Radio Environment 2 (ACRE2) for Arma 3

https://acre2.idi-systems.com

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BF-888S - Add Arsenal Stats #1226

Closed TACHarsis closed 1 year ago

TACHarsis commented 2 years ago

When merged this pull request will:

Add arsenal stat entries for min/max frequency, power and range to BF888S config

Only value I am absolute certain is power. Frequency I might have misunderstood and the range is from a quick google search.

jonpas commented 2 years ago

Answer for question on Discord to keep it easily referencable.

Range is just an approximation anyways, our Wiki lists 4-6 km perfect, 2-4km city, so what you put down is good. If you want to make it the same as other radios, then I suggest "4-6km (2-4km)".

Frequency range of a BF-888S is 400-470 MHz (UHF band), You can just look up the spec sheet of the real radio (mind, there are 2 versions IIRC, 3W and 5W). Presets do not cover the full capability of the radio. You can also reference the antenna, but in this case the NA-701 simulation model covers a wider range than the radio does.

TACHarsis commented 1 year ago

Frequencies then are 400-470Mhz. As for range I just assumed the best and used the highest estimate, since it's using 5 watts ingame, even though some reviews say that the actual sending power is closer to 2 watts. Considering that it is set to 50 times (5000) the sending power of the 343 (100), even with a weaker antenna, that should probably be close to accurate. Didn't have time to actually test distances precisely, but we used it in a wooded area today and it seemed to check out. If someone has more precise experimental values or the power gets adjusted I'll lower the upper estimate.

jonpas commented 1 year ago

5 watts ingame, even though some reviews say that the actual sending power is closer to 2 watts.

I think there are 2 versions of the radio depending on local law. They do the same with their other models.