TFAR communication issue

[Berger]

So during the OSUT day 4 FTX I was a team leader, and I was having a bit of an issue juggling communication with the other team leaders and communicating with my team.

I had the two separate channels for them and I was able to switch between the two easily using the hotkeys but when I was on one channel I was usually missing something on the other channel. This happened a number of times and it really hurt our communications, at least on my end, like when the LT tried to raise me on comms but I was on my teams channel and not the command channel. Someone in my team mentioned being able to listen to both channels at the same time, is that possible? I dont remember if we are able to actually do that or not.
Thanks!

[C. Walker]

You can tune into two channels at once and talk on them both without having to switch the channel you are on. What i do is go to channel 2 and click on "Set Additional" then type in the freq you are required to be on then hit "Set Frequency" then change back to channel 1 with your original freq and now you should be able to talk on Channel 1 with "Caps Lock" if you have it bind to something else then its that key and for the other channel press "T" and you should be good to go. And to make it easier i set one freq to my left ear by hitting the "Stereo" key.

[Hopp]

To amplify what CPL Walker said, it is very possible to manage monitoring 4 nets simultaneously.  I'll tell you how I do it below.

Shortrange: I set channel 1 as the local/team freq, and then hit the stereo button and put it on my left ear, which matches my CAPSLOCK (on the left side of the keyboard) as the transmission key and is also on the left side of the keyboard. C1 100.1

Shortrange: I set channel 2 as the squad/plt freq and then hit the stereo button and put it on my right ear, I then set it to Alternate, so it'll say A2 100.3.  My alternate transmission key is T, so it's to the right-side, so I match my ear to transmission key to avoid transmitting on the incorrect net.

Longrange: If I needed to listen to longrange freqs, you can set a primary channel the same way as you do shortrange, except I would put the LR on both ears, and use CTRL-CAPSLOCK to transmit.  If I needed a secondary LR, I would set it to my right ear (again and the only time two separate nets transmit to one ear), knowing that the alternate LR, is for very specific net/comms/reasons and then use a different LR transmit key that is to the right side of the keyboard.

If you do this constantly, eventually, this will become muscle-memory and you won't have to even think about it.  You'll know exactly who is talking on what net and how to communicate with them while simultaneously monitoring 4 different nets.  Not as easy as it sounds, but it is definitely possible.

[Berger]

Thanks for the help!