Full EF-24G Jamming Tutorial | VTOL VR DLC

[@darkstar1592]

Notes: 1. AWACS radar and EW radar are also both low band. 2. SAS will increase the range at which radars can see you.

[@JohnBream]

what does SAS do to help you then

[@Darkk_2508]

@@JohnBream show up as a different aircraft. Its probably most useful for confusing the enemy so they dont know where the jamming is coming from, or you could take it one step further and use the decoy missiles and have them shoot at the decoy while get in range to use weapons

[@simenvh2353]

So whereas the F-45 is so silent and sneaky radars cant see it... the EF-24 just screams so damn loud the radar cant even hear itself? Gotcha!

[@rune_lol]

lmao basically polar opposites

[@steveman1982]

Combining them in a flight, mucho powerfulo

[@JonCampo91]

That’s how electronic warfare is in real life as well, jamming is a massive alarm, not sneaky

[@captchaosbluely1339]

Pretty much f35 and f15ex

[@wanderer2688]

​@@captchaosbluely1339To be fair the F-35 ECM is extremely powerful too. So an element in the rear can jam every enemy in the area while the other element goes in for the kill unnoticed.

[@mattalford3932]

It's funny how long it's taking for people to make videos about this complex aircraft and systems that were made by 1 guy. Love this sim lol.

[@Automan9]

I immediatly discarded the FRAZ screen when I was first messing with the plane, now I understand its probably the most important screen to have ! Once again saving the day.. much thankings !

[@Macaroni_Stampot]

VERY USEFULL NOTE!!! on your hud there's a roll meter. its like a half moon with and arrow in the middle. Located at the lower secton of the hud There are 2 parts that really matter. you have 2 big lines at either side. that part shows where the jammers get blocked. for example. you need to roll sideways and you turn through the first big line on that side. that means the only the jammers on that side gets blocked. you know when jammers are blocked when a white X is over your XMIT screen. so the part where there are still lines inbetween are good. you will block jammers if you enter the empty part of the half moon. I explain like dog water, check it out in a free flight or something. you will get it when you see it.

[@iloveamerica1776]

Before this video I thought I could just brute force through SEAD missions, after this video I now know I can brute force myself through SEAD missions, but it's easier to use EW and Jamming

[@stvladmir]

i like how you get straight to giving the details, no useless lengthy preamble. just a nice brief introduction and bam right in. i love that. thank you

[@darkstar1592]

Right on, I'm all about keeping things concise.

[@EyosYT]

This tutorial is excellent. I can’t wait to try out the new aircraft now that I know what everything does.

[@darkstar1592]

Thanks! Happy flying.

[@ThePashaplaybug]

Also I should mention this for other people that not only can you use the joystick to switch between jammers. When in EW mode you can hit trigger to jam the target selected on any SOI (given it can use that jamming mode) and you dont have to touch the screens unless you change settings

[@pa1Z]

god bless you

[@sircolt8184]

:o

[@LKYSPNG]

jeez, thanks for making this video so fast. its easy to understand and will help me operate the ef24. stay cool man

[@JonWick1311]

You are the best vtol vr KZbinr ever, great content and everything so thank you

[@darkstar1592]

Glad you like them!

[@KayoMichiels]

Short, straight to the point and accurate! Keep 'm coming!

[@-CheekiBreeki]

great video, well explained I was so overwhelmed when I first jumped into this plane thank you

[@darkstar1592]

Glad it helped!

[@pooralmighty1659]

Thank you! Not many people have posted content on the EF-24, let alone tutorials. Very helpful!

[@HarilIshai]

Well someone had a busy Christmas Eve. Cheers for this and decoy drone vids. Always good to know what the settings you're setting do.

[@SurlyMike]

Thanks for this. I was having a heck of a time with TSD targeting.

[@darkstar1592]

From the side, wait until the last second and barrel roll over it. From the rear, go full burn and try to out run it, bleed its energy for as long as you can, then do a hard turn to the side or down at the last second. The timing for these is the hard part, not the maneuver.

[@KoalaTContent]

The FRAZ seems like the GOAT for EW

[@man_haver9160]

Amazing stuff mate, huge help. Im not a huge fan of how advanced this game is trying to become but you’re a massive help with learning all the new tech!

[@darkstar1592]

Thanks. Yeah, it gets more complex with every update. But that's why I like the fa-26b so much. It's simple but powerful.

[@pacific6969]

this was so helpful 100% subscribing

[@darkstar1592]

Glad to hear it!

[@revorde4611]

Nice, but would be useful to know the tactics of using jamming. Like, when do you use Noise compared to DRFM, and how will power settings affect it? I guess we'll have to wait a while till the community gets enough experience with it to cook up working tactics.

[@snarf9455]

Noise is pretty much the default you want to use when you have allies nearby. If you want to mask yourself you use DRFM, you also always want to use DRFM to break STT locks coming at you, if someone locks onto you, immediately transmit DRFM at the source

[@darkstar1592]

DRFM is used to break radar lock, while noise is used before you get locked to prevent the lock from happening in the first place. Important distinction because noise won’t usually break an active radar lock.

[@capt5656]

DRFM is definitely more useful as essentially a self-defense jammer. DRFM does not prevent the use of your own radar and does not need to be micromanaged. On the other hand, it does not help any of your allies as it essentially only creates false contacts of your own aircraft. Noise on the other hand is great for supporting friendly assets as noise jamming essentially creates a corridor of noise that allies can hide in. So in a fully coordinated strike package, i would have the strike aircraft with 1, maybe 2, self defense jammers set to DRFM. Meanwhile i would have a fully jammer loaded EF24 behind the strike package running full power noise on all bands, with a 4th pod in reserve in case they need to use DRFM to break a lock themselves.

[@Donut833]

From my understanding adjusting the power will reduce the burn through range of your jamming. If you are too far radars will be able to lock you and fire on you. Increasing the power allows you to jam effectively from a further distance.

[@seantaggart7382]

​@@capt5656indeed If you're trying to Attack solo then you can just keep it on

[@skulldozer1270]

Amazing tutorial! Thanks so much!

[@michaelwestmoreland2530]

I have waited. Since Gunship 2000, F-117A Nighthawk, and Falcon 3.0. For anyone to give us jaming better than one button. The mad lad DID IT. Now if they'd juat update it so it doesn't ONLY WORK FORWARD.

[@Incognito-vc9wj]

Clear and concise, Thankyou!

[@darkstar1592]

Glad it was helpful!

[@cadet5126]

I did my first jamming experience and sent all of them AWACS or tanker signature 💀 i felt like i was more safe than without it. Might be because it saw me as no threat so maybe there was no red alert on enemies even there was active sam radars that could have seen me on their radar. I had good time but high band and medium band was still in grey area of my knowledge. I only knew what sas and low band did but thanks to this tutorial I'm able to use the rest of the bands. I wanna see a trolling video where you select teammate. Transmit low band jamming to few guys and pretend that you have issues hearing them while hearing perfectly non jammed guys 🤣

[@darkstar1592]

Incredible

[@getsideways7257]

There are some phase/positioning binaural audio artifacts in your videos. At first I thought my DAC was malfunctioning, but I can hear them on other devices as well.

[@darkstar1592]

Thanks for letting me know. I’ll check for that in the future.

[@getsideways7257]

@@darkstar1592 You are welcome. Thanks for the videos.

[@seebarry4068]

I feel as though I’m being nudged towards more and more control of the plane systems. DCS levels of control incoming, but gradually. I like that.

[@darkstar1592]

I’m kinda the same. I just bought my first DCS DLC in the winter sale. I’m slowly being sucked in lol.

[@bobross4lyfe749]

thank for the info!

[@frixtheron]

The update also seems to add jamming abilities for the F45.. Can you perhaps do a vid // comment on how effective F45 jamming is.. It seems to be pretty basic (automatic), and as the best tactic is to be silent, it's about as usefull as active sonar on a sub...

[@darkstar1592]

I agree, it’s not great but it’s there. There are 2 internal jamming modules that you don’t have to equip, so you can jam up to 2 targets. You can't use your radar at the same time (but TSD works) and you can only use noise mode on the mid/high bands and will automatically choose the right one to use depending on your target. You just click on a jam-able target on the TSD and press the jam button. I’ll make a video on it, but it’ll probably have to be a short because it’ll take less than a minute to explain and show.

[@darkstar1592]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/nHuYq4BpbpyBiq8

[@danlabss]

AWACS also uses Lo-band!

[@darkstar1592]

Good to know. Thank you.

[@alexplayz2090]

what do the moving lines on the TSD circle mean 0:50

[@morepenguins6247]

Late response but it's the indicator of what you're jamming. It points from your aircraft to the object being jammed.

[@TostinosPizza123]

very helpful

[@domebovine]

thanks bro 🙏🙏

[@philipp16738]

nice vid!

[@Kaiser_Geromey]

Something I haven't found much info on is what affects the bar on the jammers. Ive had times where I could jam a target for minutes on end, and other times the bar just drained and the jam got disabled.

[@darkstar1592]

Which bar?

[@Kaiser_Geromey]

@@darkstar1592 Green Bar, top of each Jammer on the XMIT screen.

[@cobburn]

@@Kaiser_Geromey The jammer pods have turbines that are powered with airspeed, so the green bar is available power, watch it go down with airspeed, as well as how much power you transmit.

[@NashiaLePeguuin]

Nice!

[@Automan9]

At 1:09 for example, whats that green bar in the TSD ? I think its new but cant tell what it does?

[@darkstar1592]

That’s the confidence bar. Confidence in the general accuracy of the data you’re seeing on that target. For example, a singular RWR ping won't give you great accuracy, while getting an EOTS or RADAR lock will get you perfect accuracy.

[@Automan9]

@@darkstar1592 makes a lot of sense thanks again !

[@kidaroma]

I’ve got a problem where I can’t even turn on the jammer and I can’t change any of the modes etc. how do I fix this as me and my friend are clueless on how to fix this and no tutorial explains how to activate it

[@darkstar1592]

You need to equip the jammer pods. You do it at the main equipment menu where you select your loadout before the mission.

[@kidaroma]

@@darkstar1592 thank you, I feel like to alot of new players, this is unclear as the plane is expressed as meant for that purpose so I assumed that it was built in

[@carolinacasperc6317]

Is there a video that can explain the EF-24G jet? I just fly around at high speeds in the game and don't get what the deal is with an Electronic Warfare jet.

[@darkstar1592]

It can have more jamming pods than other jets and use decoy missiles.

[@f16enjoyer1]

thanks i was tryna figure out how to mess with it but i couldnt get it😭😭

[@steveman1982]

Bought all the DLCs thus far... haven't gotten around to playing the last two :X (Well, took a short flight in a T55)

[@Lasssse]

Any chance you could make a video on jamming/counters to jamming in the F-45? Very well explained and easy to understand, thank you!

[@darkstar1592]

I can. It’ll probably be pretty short since it’s just -click on TSD target -press jam, but maybe there’s more to it that I’m not aware of. For counters, the F-45 will usually only vulnerable to low band jamming (comms and GPS), since you don’t really use the radar often in the F-45, so getting radar jammed shouldn’t have much of an impact.

[@jacob12t]

Thank you helped a lot, but I do have a question about the ef24 what does the wing sweep do? I mean whats the difrence bettween back and forward sweep

[@kugelblitzkrieg]

Wings forward improve maneuverability at the cost of speed, while wings back allow you to fly faster at the cost of maneuverability.

[@nuckypuck]

Can anyone help, I myself have no options for the xmit interface (TSD GPS TGP & PWR not there) and it's entirely greyed out. My friend cannot his sweep lever. I'm not sure what's wrong.

[@darkstar1592]

Easy fix, you just need to equip the jammers before starting the mission. They don’t come pre-installed. You equip them like you do any missile or bomb.

[@nuckypuck]

@@darkstar1592 That would be it 🧠

[@RyanCook-y1l]

when i put my screen on the Xmit stuff they are all gray and i dont know how to turn them on

[@darkstar1592]

Easy fix. You have to equip the jammers before starting the mission.

[@sammytoejr1069]

Im wondering how much lead to you need to give your self to land on the carriers with the EF-24g ( by witch i mean as far as how much ferther to i need to pass the wires befor the back can connect to it.)

[@snarf9455]

I usually aim somehwere near the island, you also need to maintain around 8 degrees of AoA

[@pixel_chicken6669]

i do not understand how to use anti radiation missiles with the EF-24 what ever i do i cant seem to make them be armed or something im not 100% sure if you could please help me out thanks

[@darkstar1592]

Not sure if this is your problem, but munitions are put into two categories in the new jet. Air-to-air and air-to-ground. There are two buttons on the top right of your dashboard that say AA and AG. By default, it’s set to AA which allows you to access the air-to-air missiles. You have to press the AG button to access the air-to-ground missiles, which is how you’ll get to your anti radiation missiles. Then you can arm them and fire them like normal using the TSD.

[@pixel_chicken6669]

@@darkstar1592 ah yes that would make sense thank you man much appreciated

[@KOOBA2137]

nice vid

[@tttwicetower8195]

How to set autopilot Speed? In previous models u just turn the button and adjust till your desired speed. In the EF-24G u can only press a button for current speed. I just cant find it.

[@BALTHASAR174]

застрял на второй миссии УА-25G, как она меня достала, то ведомый глупый умирает в середине полета, то заглушенные радары каким то образом выпускают ракету

[@SomberEngage]

Would it be possible to have a video on how to recognize and counter EW jamming?

[@darkstar1592]

Sure. I’ll see what I can do.

[@Amadeus_Phoenix]

What exactly do the circles around you on the TSD that keep pointing outward represent? Is that radar signals coming from particular directions or something?

[@tudor74277]

I have a question, what if i shoot a fox 3 to an enemy aircraft and then jamming it with HIGH band to confusing its sensor for incoming missile? Is that suppose to work like this? MID band should confuse the radar sensors.

[@snarf9455]

You want to use DFRM for fox 3s and STT locks. High band doesn’t do much to them

[@Automan9]

@@snarf9455 dont think thats what hes asking. Hes the missile shooter and wants the victim to not notice the incoming missile. Id like to know the answer to that too @tudor74277 !

[@tudor74277]

Yes, sorry for the confusion @snarf9455. After shooting a fox 3 to enemy aircraft, i will use HIGH band jamming to enemy aircraft for disrupting his sensors. But i guess this will work with MID band

[@SJKJ_]

Sorry I'm silly, what does noise, DFRM, and SAS do again? I tried to rewatch but could not find it. Sorry!

[@darkstar1592]

Quoting @thexlonewolf671 who left this comment on my other jamming video: To further explain jamming, there are three kinds of radar degredation: noise, or barrage jamming, DRFM, and signature augmentation. Noise jamming is fairly straightforward: it overloads the targetted emitter with false returns, causing the real target to be lost in the noise. It's very useful for jamming multiple radars at once if you can get them all on the same bearing. It can also hide any allies that are in the jamming corridor, delaying lock-on. However, you have to manually set the frequency band of the jammer and your radar is unavailable while jamming. It also gives away your bearing (though not your range) and you're susceptable to missiles fired in home-on-jam mode. Digital Radio Frequency Memory, or DRFM jamming, is more complex than simple noisemaking. It involves digitizing the received radar signal and modifying it to achieve a result. Typically, DRFM jamming does this by copying the radio frequency of the radar pinging you and sending it back to the receiver at a higher power. This creates a loud, but false track that the jammer then "walks" away from your aircraft to break a lock. The advantages of DRFM jamming are that it automatically matches the frequency of the emitting radar, and it can pull single-target tracks (hard locks) off you. The disadvantage of DRFM is that it can only affect one emitter at a time, allowing multiple enemy radars to cross-reference and get your actual location. Finally, there's Signature Augmentation. It operates on many of the same principles as DRFM jamming, but instead of walking the false track away from your ship, it modulates the signature so you instead appear as a different track. The primary use case for this is to have a MALD decoy appear as a larger aircraft, say, an F-26. The advantage here is that signature augmentation can't be tracked by missiles in home-on-jam mode and in PvP lobbies specifically, it can trick enemy players into making decisions based on bad info. The disadvantage is that it doesn't hide your actual position, and in many cases, the decoy radar pulse is a lot stronger than the actual return, which can actually give your position away.

[@SJKJ_]

@@darkstar1592 So Noise is just make you and others be lost to the enemy by hiding in the fake returns? DRFM is making the lock be away from you? SAS makes you look like another aircraft? All of these are for what aircraft you tell sensors to jam? And finally, the deferent frequencies are for deferent craft and electronics? Making sure I get it.

[@kebabit707]

@@SJKJ_ the different frequencies/bands affect different things, but not specifically different aircraft you can use LOW, MID and HIGH band on an F/A-26B the same you can on an F-45A, the only thing they change is what you are jamming LOW band disrupts GPS and comms, so the person you are jamming will hear static over their radio and GPS bombs won't work properly MID band disrupts radars that are currently searching HIGH band is for radars that are currently tracking you (like an AIM-120s built in radar when it goes pitbull)

[@Vito4DW]

how do you turn on the xmit because for me it says its off in the tomcat and i dont know what to do

[@darkstar1592]

You have to equip the jammer pods before you start the mission

[@SmoHuffmister]

Why does the vid cut out all of the sudden?

[@darkstar1592]

Fixed. Thanks for letting me know.

[@flightkimulator9612]

EW is so cool

[@Stormstyker]

Doesn’t the fa-26 also have jamming capabilities

[@darkstar1592]

Yes. kzbin.info/www/bejne/apOYk2CLaKytbrc

[@egors8730]

Does anybody know what’s the effective range of the jammers?

[@0.02mm]

I was having trouble with how to use NOISE and DRFM, so this was very useful! I'm not sure I'm ready to use them yet...but thanks! I would like to know the description and role of symbols such as MW, EW, SL, etc. and how to deal with them. In the first mission of the official scenario, I dropped laser-guided bombs on EW and MW, but they fell in the wrong direction off target. I know it is probably MW interference but I want to be sure. By the way, the second mission was also too difficult... I can't escort them because the SAMs immediately fly into friendly aircraft and they are shot down... Sorry for the translation from Japanese...!🙏

[@capt5656]

Laser guided munitions should not be jammable via the RADAR based wavelengths. That being said, if you're doing SEAD, AGM88/S and i think one other missile are anti-radiation missiles. I think they can essentially lock on to any radar emitting source (just don't expect them to keep up with any aircraft). They are your primary radar suppression weapon, and while ground targets will likely be destroyed if hit, naval targets might need something bigger to be sunk. Of course they can just turn off their radar but thats why AR missiles are SEAD and not DEAD. And those RWR symbols can be found in a few guides/manuals. The new update added new ones, some of which are pointed out in EF24 manual, though it is missing at least one. Essentially they are all shortform of different units that have radars/emitters. F or F+ are fighters and EW is early warning radars for example, while MW is apparently a missile warning truck. The EF24 manual has them listed on page 38 docs.google.com/document/d/1fM7stkRmIPnB8YuhbPtWZeSZbr9fox37vfHYbzSUmwQ/edit

[@0.02mm]

@@capt5656 Oh! Thank you so much!!! In case you're wondering, I'm on the official discord server, but I've been having trouble finding out where to read this manual that people have often quoted! Thanks for sharing the link!

[@capt5656]

@@0.02mm Honestly i have no idea where it's officially linked. If i need it, i google ef24 manual and find the reddit post that has it lmao.

[@RTSchramm]

Can you deploy weapons while jamming?

[@darkstar1592]

Yes

[@matthewmotor18]

Wish this game was on quest standalone…

[@darkstar1592]

For real. It would be so nice to be able to play away from my PC. Unfortunately the dev said it’ll never be standalone. Probably because the quest isn’t powerful to run it yet.

[@Sausager]

Quest 3 definitely is, its the quest 2 that cant ​@@darkstar1592

[@benjaming20]

what does soy mean?

[@darkstar1592]

SOI: sensor of interest

[@PvtPartzz]

Would have been nice to see what it looks like from the perspective of the ones being jammed and what to do about it.

[@darkstar1592]

Check out my defensive jamming video for that. kzbin.info/www/bejne/qpmZaa2nl5iNjLcsi=mOGhmH6gZ0O_XFjy

[@JulioTomilson-q3m]

McKenzie Loop

[@eran100100]

So what does noise jamming do?

[@darkstar1592]

Spams the target radar with noise so it can’t get a clear picture. There’s a more detailed explanation and demonstration in my other jamming video.

[@eran100100]

@@darkstar1592 does it jam it so it cannot see other aircraft as well?

[@darkstar1592]

I believe so

[@KSurefire]

wouldnt it be devious to, Low band a bandit, Then high band it. No one would know what happened to it.. he would just cut comms and fireball..

[@darkstar1592]

Ewar equivalent of marked for death

[@BeckyAbraham-z8t]

Herzog Parkways

[@LazyBoot]

you really skipped over all the other things switching the controls to EW mode changes hotas: trigger to toggle transmit, and weapon select to switch selected jammer (you only mentioned that last one) but also, it changes how the TSD selection works (directly assigning to jammer, no need to hit the TSD button on the jammer page)

[@darkstar1592]

Thanks for letting me know. I’m sure there are a lot of things like this I haven’t discovered yet.

[@slashersgame3717]

I cant interact with the xmit screen for some reason please help

[@darkstar1592]

You need to equip the jammer pods. You do it at the main equipment menu where you select your loadout before the mission.

[@noahstoks845]

How do you turn on the Jammer?

[@darkstar1592]

You just have to equip the jammers before starting the mission. It’s the ALQ-245 and can go on slots 1, 2, 7, & 10.