COMMS PROCEDURE flashcards
Aeronautical broadcasting service
A broadcasting service intended for the transmission of information relating to air navigation.
Aeronautical fixed service (AFS)
A telecommunication service between specified fixed points provided primarily for the safety of air navigation and for the regular, efficient and economical operation of air services.
Aeronautical mobile service (AMS)
A mobile service between aeronautical stations and aircraft stations, or between aircraft stations, in which survival craft stations may participate; emergency position-indicating radio beacon stations may also participate in this service on designated distress and emergency frequencies.
Aeronautical radio navigation service
A radio navigation service intended for the benefit and for the safe operation of aircraft.
Aeronautical telecommunication service
A telecommunication service provided for any aeronautical purpose.
International telecommunication service
A telecommunication service between offices or stations of different States, or between mobile stations which are not in the same State, or are subject to different States.
Aeronautical Information Service
A service established within the defined area of coverage responsible for the provision of aeronautical information/data necessary for the safety, regularity and efficiency of air navigation.
Aerodrome Advisory Service
A terminal advisory and information service provided by a Flight Service Station located at an uncontrolled aerodrome to assist in the safe conduct of departing and arriving aircraft.
Aeronautical station
A land station in the aeronautical mobile service. In certain instances, an aeronautical station may be located, for example, on board a ship or on a platform at sea.
Aeronautical fixed telecommunication network (AFTN)
A worldwide system of aeronautical fixed circuits provided, as part of the aeronautical fixed service, for the exchange of messages and/or digital data between aeronautical fixed stations having the same or compatible communication characteristics.
Communication centre
An aeronautical fixed station which relays or retransmits telecommunication traffic from (or to) a number of other aeronautical fixed stations directly connected to it.
AFTN communication centre
An AFTN station whose primary function is the relay or retransmission of AFTN traffic from (or to) a number of other AFTN stations connected to it.
AFTN destination station
An AFTN station to which messages and/or digital data are addressed for processing for delivery to the addressee.
AFTN origin station
An AFTN station where messages and/or digital data are accepted for transmission over the AFTN.
AFTN station
A station forming part of the aeronautical fixed telecommunication network (AFTN) and operating as such under the authority or control of a State.
Aircraft station
A mobile station in the aeronautical mobile service, other than a survival craft station, located on board an aircraft.
Mobile surface station
A station in the aeronautical telecommunication service, other than an aircraft station, intended to be used while in motion or during halts at unspecified points.
Network station
An aeronautical station forming part of a radiotelephony network.
Air-ground communication
Two-way communication between aircraft and stations or locations on the surface of the earth.
Air-to-ground communication
One-way communication from aircraft to stations or locations on the surface of the earth.
Ground-to-air communication
One-way communication from stations or locations on the surface of the earth to aircraft.
Interpilot air-to-air communication
Two-way communication on the designated air-to-air channel to enable aircraft engaged in flights over remote and oceanic areas out-of-range of VHF ground stations to exchange necessary operational information and to facilitate resolution of operational problems.
Non-network communications
Radiotelephony communications conducted by a station of the aeronautical mobile service, other than those conducted as part of a radiotelephony network.
Telecommunication
Any transmission, emission, or reception of signs, signals, writing, images and sounds or intelligence of any nature by wire, radio, optical or other electromagnetic systems.
Simplex
A method in which telecommunication between two stations takes place in one direction at a time.
Duplex
A method in which telecommunication between two stations can take place in both directions simultaneously.
Radiotelephony network
A group of radiotelephony aeronautical stations which operate on and guard frequencies from the same family and which support each other in a defined manner to ensure maximum dependability of air-ground communications and dissemination of air-ground traffic.
Broadcast
A transmission of information relating to air navigation that is not addressed to a specific station or stations.
Blind transmission
A transmission from one station to another station in circumstances where two-way communication cannot be established but where it is believed that the called station is able to receive the transmission.
Readback
A procedure whereby the receiving station repeats a received message or an appropriate part thereof back to the transmitting station so as to obtain confirmation of correct reception.
Primary frequency
The radiotelephony frequency assigned to an aircraft as a first choice for air-ground communication in a radiotelephony network.
Secondary frequency
The radiotelephony frequency assigned to an aircraft as a second choice for air-ground communication in a radiotelephony network.
Aeronautical telecommunication log
A record of the activities of an aeronautical telecommunication station.
Channel
A single means of direct fixed service communication between two points.
Circuit
A communication system which includes all the direct AFTN channels between two points.
Air-report
A report from an aircraft in flight prepared in conformity with requirements for position, and operational and/or meteorological reporting.
Altitude
The vertical distance of a level, a point or an object considered as a point, measured from mean sea level (MSL).
Flight Level
A surface of constant atmospheric pressure which is related to a specific pressure datum (1,013.2 hPa) and is separated from other such surfaces by specific pressure intervals.
Height
The vertical distance of a level, a point or an object considered as a point, measured from a specified datum.
Location Indicator
A four-letter code group formulated in accordance with rules prescribed by ICAO and assigned to the location of an aeronautical fixed station.
Transit Time
The elapsed time between the instant of filing a message with an AFTN station for transmission on the network, and the instant that it is made available to the addressee.
Relay Time
The relay time of a COM center is the elapsed time between the instant that a message has been completely received at that center and the instant that it has been completely retransmitted on an outgoing circuit.
Routing Directory (Routing List)
A list in a communication centre indicating for each addressee the outgoing circuit to be used.
NOTAM
A notice distributed by means of telecommunication containing information concerning the establishment, condition or change in any aeronautical facility, service, procedure or hazard, the timely knowledge of which is essential to personnel concerned with flight operations.
SNOWTAM
A special series NOTAM notifying the presence or removal of hazardous conditions due to snow, ice, slush or standing water associated with snow, slush and ice on the movement area, by means of a specific format.
Meteorological operational channel
A channel of the aeronautical fixed service (AFS), for the exchange of aeronautical meteorological information.
Meteorological operational telecommunication network
An integrated system of meteorological operational channels, as part of the aeronautical fixed service (AFS), for the exchange of aeronautical meteorological information between the aeronautical fixed stations within the network.
Manila Aeronautical Data Communications Center (MADCC)
The station responsible for the DATA COMMUNICATION in CAAP where all aeronautical data are being facilitated
Manila Aeronautical Mobile Service (AMS) Station
The station responsible for the supervision, management and maintaining HF and VHF communications within the
Manila FIR; Assists the Manila ACC in the flight following of air traffic within the Manila FIR
Flight Service Station (FSS)
-An aeronautical telecommunication facility that provides flight assistance service to aircraft operations which includes aerodrome advisory, pre-flight briefing, flight following, en-route air-ground or in-flight assistance including emergency assistance service
Flight Planning and Briefing Station (FPBS)
A facility, physical or digital, where pilots and flight operations personnel plan and prepare flights for filing prior to departure
Philippine Rescue Coordination Center (PARCC)
Shall have supervision and control of aeronautical search and rescue service established and provided in the Philippine Search and Rescue Region (SRR)
