Communications Flashcards
What term is used in Canada in order to indicate a period “ . “ in a written text, such as 121.5? What is the term used in the USA?
Decimal in Canada.
Point in the USA.
What is the order and categories of messages for flight communications?
- Distress
- Urgency
- Direction Finding
- Flight Safety (ATC messages, avoiding weather, etc.)
- Meteorological
- Flight Regularity (Parts and materials)
- UN Charter
- Government Messages
- Service Communications
- All others
Say the way you would pronounce the following in radio communications.
“800”
Eight hundred.
Say the way you would pronounce the following in radio communications.
“1,500”
One thousand five hundred
Say the way you would pronounce the following in radio communications.
“6,715”
Six seven one five
Say the way you would pronounce the following in radio communications.
“12,000”
One two thousand
Say the way you would pronounce the following in radio communications.
“200”
Two hundred
Say the way you would pronounce the following in radio communications.
“116.2”
One one six decimal two
Say the way you would pronounce the following in radio communications.
“FL100”
Flight level one zero zero
How would you say a heading indication of 250 degrees over the radio?
Two five zero
What term should be used to repeat something you said in error over the radio?
“Correction” should be used followed by the last correct word or phrase before continuing.
If you need to get something repeated over the radio, what term should you use?
Say again
If you need to make a call out as a general call over the radio, what term should you use on the frequency to initiate the call and direct the message?
All stations
What does the following radio term mean?
“Acknowledge”
Confirm that you have received this message.
What does the following radio term mean?
“Affirm”
Agreement
What does the following radio term mean?
“Approved”
Permission granted for proposed action.
What does the following radio term mean?
“Break”
Separation between parts of a message.
What does the following radio term mean?
“Break Break”
Separation between parts of a message when busy.
What does the following radio term mean?
“Cancel”
Annul previously transmitted message.
What does the following radio term mean?
“Changing to”
Going to another frequency.
What does the following radio term mean?
“Check”
Examine a system.
What does the following radio term mean?
“Cleared”
Proceed under the conditions specified.
What does the following radio term mean?
“Confirm”
Did I get that right?
What does the following radio term mean?
“Contact”
Get in touch with…
What does the following radio term mean?
“Correct”
That is correct.
What does the following radio term mean?
“Correction”
Oops - made a mistake
What does the following radio term mean?
“Disregard”
Ignore my last.
What does the following radio term mean?
“Go ahead”
Proceed with message.
What does the following radio term mean?
“How Do You Read?”
What is my readability?
What does the following radio term mean?
“I say again”
I repeat (last message)
What does the following radio term mean?
“Monitor”
Listen out on (frequency)
What does the following radio term mean?
“Negative”
No, or not correct.
What does the following radio term mean?
“Out”
This conversation is over - no reply is expected.
What does the following radio term mean?
“Over”
I have finished speaking and I expect a response.
What does the following radio term mean?
“Read back”
Repeat the message back exactly as received.
What does the following radio term mean?
“Recleared”
Ignore your last clearance and receive a new one.
What does the following radio term mean?
“Report”
Pass me the following information (as in Report altitude)
What does the following radio term mean?
“Request”
I would like…
What does the following radio term mean?
“Roger”
The last messages has been received (if not understood!)
What does the following radio term mean?
“Say again”
Repeat what you just said.
What does the following radio term mean?
“Speak slower”
Reduce your rate of speech.
What does the following radio term mean?
“Standby”
Wait to be called.
What does the following radio term mean?
“Verify”
Check and confirm.
What does the following radio term mean?
“Wilco”
Your instructions will be complied with (Will Comply)
What does the following radio term mean?
“Words twice”
Send (or will send) every word twice
Is the word “To” used in messages relating to flight levels?
No. The word “To” is omitted from messages relating to Flight Levels.
Ex. Climb Flight Level 100
Which ATC Clearances should be read back in full?
- taxi instructions
- clearances to enter, land on, take off from, cross, backtrack and hold short of the runway in use
- heading, speed and level instructions
- altimeter settings
- transponder codes
- airways or route clearances
- VDF information
- frequency changes
- types of radar service
What are the different levels of the radio Readability Scale?
1 - unreadable 2 - readable now and then 3 - readable with difficulty 4 - readable 5 - perfectly readable
What does the term CAVOK mean?
Cloud and Visibility OK which means more than 6 statute miles visibility and no cloud below 5000’.
