Set Own Radio Frequency

[drgullen 597]

I've been watching some of SilentSentry's "Organic RP" as he calls it and I thought of this idea while watching him on the radio.

In GTA RP, the characters are able to choose their own frequency number so that their squad can all be on the same channel.  It would be nice to be able to do this in DayZ as well -- rather than turn the knob to a preset value, let us dial in a frequency perhaps similar to how we dial in a combination code on a gate lock.  This might encourage the use of in-game radios more if people knew that it would be much less likely that people would be listening in since, unless you told them, they wouldn't know the freq.

[Uncle Zed 272]

It is kinda silly that the devs chose frequencies in the FM broadcast band for handheld radios. Many radios of the style they have in game would be in the VHF range, typically from around 136mhz to 160mhz. On those radios you could punch in any frequency in that range. The exception would be if it was a preprogrammed radio like a GMRS, FRS or UHF CB radio. 

Edited October 5, 2020 by Uncle Zed