[ColonelSandersLite]

Has anybody looked into removing this option?

Sure, mostly it should be possible to listen into radio frequencies in theory. In reality, combat operations are done with heavy restrictions on radio use, and most pilots aren't going to understand the enemy radio chatter even if they do manage to tune it.

[{HVY-E}Jinxx]

You're trying to compare modern radio procedures with those of WWII. In previous combat actions, those before the 1980's, it was quite common to scan for and listen in on enemy radio chatter.
It wasn't until we obtained SINCGARS, (Single Channel Ground and Airborne Radio System), that true radio security was possible. Until then we were still using AN/PRC77's and the like. They could also be encrypted, but not to the extend of SINCGARS.

In WWII, radio communications were at their infancy. Encrypted transmissions weren't really even possible except by the use of codes. In the late 70's and early 80's, the actual transmission frequency was able to be encoded to prevent interception. In the 90's, the SINCGARS upped the encryption by using new keys and by using rotating frequencies on a single channel. This is something that just wasn't possible during WWII.

[ColonelSandersLite]

No, I'm not thinking so much encryption, as much as standard basic practices such as maintaining radio silence for all but the most vital of communications. In other words, it's much harder for you to find an enemy radio channel if they're not talking . Even if you did find it, the enemy almost certainly spoke another language, which you are unlikely to speak. Even if you managed to learn some of their language, you'd have to be a real expert to understand their brevity code well enough to figure it out.

All of this is on top of the fact that if you're listening to the enemy radio channel, you're not listening to the vital communications that may show up on your own.

In my general opinion, it is just impractical for your average fighter pilot to manage all of this. Getting data broadcast from some listening center that specifically listens to enemy coms is something else.

Anyways, I'm mostly just thinking about coop enforcement.

[HH_Cipher]

Moved to the right area. keep all Discussion for mods in the Mods Discussion area please, not the DOWNLOAD area please.

Thank you.

[US_GRANT]

There is really no point in removing it unless you have something to replace it with. Most folks don't use it anyway. Most folks nowadays use Teamspeak or Ventrillo to talk to one another so you wouldn't use the ingame option. Besides, the AI's don't give away grid coordinates and stuff like that at any rate.

[caldrail]

I used to laugh at those sequences in the 1960's Battle of Britain film where the Poles wouldn't shut up, but I've since found that was the case during the actual event and drove everyone nuts because they couldn't hear anything else