Radio Communication and Circuit Procedures

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Radio Communication and Circuit Procedures
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QUIZ 3
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Airspace

• Uncontrolled
• Controlled
• Flight
• VFR
• Visual Flight Rules
• IFR
• Instrument Flight Rules

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ATS

• Air Traffic Services
• (Division of Nav Canada)
• ACC
• Area Control Centre
• TCU
• Terminal Control Unit
• TWR
• Control Tower
• FSS
• Flight Service Station

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VHF Radio

• VHF Very High Frequency
• Line of Sight
• Advantages
• -Less interference
• -Clearer conversations
• -Compact equipment
• Disadvantages
• -Low range (line of sight)

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Microphone Techniques

• Hold the microphone close to your mouth (one
  inch)
• Talk into the front of the microphone
• If you move your head, move the mike
• Try not to shout
• Do not use profane language
• Think before you talk
• Acknowledge transmissions directed to you
• Never acknowledge if you do not understand
• Maintain a listening watch on appropriate
  frequency

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Radio Checks

• Readability Scale
• 1. Unreadable
• 2. Readable now and then
• 3. Readable with difficulty
• 4. Readable
• 5. Perfectly readable
• Strength Scale
• 1. Bad
• 2. Poor
• 3. Fair
• 4. Good
• 5. Excellent

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ICAO Phonetic Alphabet

• A- ALFA
• B BRAVO
• C CHARLIE
• D DELTA
• E - ECHO
• F FOXTROT
• G GOLF
• H HOTEL
• I INDIA
• J JULIET
• K KILO
• L LIMA
• M - MIKE

• N-NOVEMBER
• O OSCAR
• P PAPA
• Q QUEBEC
• R ROMEO
• S SIERRA
• T TANGO
• U UNIFORM
• V VICTOR
• W WHISKEY
• X XRAY
• Y YANKEE
• Z ZULU

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Numbers
0 ZERO 5 FIFE 1 WUN 6 SIX 2 TOO 7
SEVEN 3 TREE 8 AIT 4 FOWER 9 - NINER
Express altitudes by

• Say thousands of feet above sea level (ASL)
• Say hundreds of feet above sea level
• Say FLIGHT LEVEL for altitudes at or above
• eighteen thousand feet
• Otherwise say all numbers individually

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Aircraft Registrations

• Canadian Registered Aircraft
• -Five letters
• -First letter always C but is the nationality
  marking, not the registration
• -Say last four letters in phonetics
• -After initial contact, use last three letters
  of registration (if initiated by ATC)
• MEDEVAC - Medical evacuation
• HEAVY - Aircraft over 300,000 lbs

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How to Communicate

• Identify who you are calling
• Say your aircraft type
• Say your aircraft registration (phonetics)
• Wait for a response
• Say your position
• Say your altitude
• Say your intentions
• Say your transponder code (if required)
• Say that you have the appropriate ATIS
• Give any other appropriate information

WHO WHERE WHAT YOU WANT
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ATC Clearance

• If accepted by the pilot, you must comply
• If unable to comply, the pilot must inform ATC as
  soon as possible
• ATC Instruction
• The pilot must comply, unless the safety of the
  aircraft is jeopardized

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Frequencies
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MF

• Mandatory frequency
• ATF
• Aerodrome Traffic Frequency
• 123.2 mhz

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CIRCUIT
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MID DOWNWIND _at_ CYPQ
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BASE TURN _at_ CYPQ
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FINAL _at_ CYPQ
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3 MILE DOWNWIND _at_ CYPQ
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Words and Phrases
Roger Affirmative Negative Correction Orbit Say
Again Read you Squawk Taxi via Stop Acknowledge
Break
Go Ahead How do you read Say again Over Read
back Speak slower Stand by That is correct Words
twice Report clear Hold your position Correction
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Words and Phrases
Taxi to position and wait/hold Cleared for take
off/to land runway Hold short of (must be read
back Do a 360 turn to the left/right Are you
ready for immediate take-off?..(if yes) Cleared
for immediate take-off Traffic at your oclock
position, right to left Taxi across runway
. Cleared to the circuit left hand Cleared
straight in approach to runway .. Present
position direct .. Report over head the
field Cleared left/right base runway ..
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Words and Phrases
Pull up and go around Extend downwind Widen
base Traffic is a C 172 on final, do you have
the traffic? Report clearing the zone
Descend now When off the runway contact
ground on 121.8 What is your position and
altitude? Not below 2000 feet Give way to
.. Cleared touch and go Report.. Slant final
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CYKZ
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In All Radio Communications

• Use proper phraseologies
• Use phonetics as necessary
• Transmit numbers correctly
• Speak clearly
• Speak at a normal speed