FROL Flashcards
What is the form of radio waves?
They are electromagnetic radiation and travel through air and space in waves of energy at the speed of light.
What are the qualifications required for a FROL?
- At least 16
- Has passed the flight radio theory exam
- Has passed flight radio practical test
What does the oscillator do?
Generates a frequency in the form of a carrier wave
What does the modulator do?
Adds intelligence to the carrier wave.
What are the different ways that radio waves interact with the medium they are traveling through?
They mays be: Reflected Refracted (bent) Attenuated (weakened) Absorbed Diffracted (divided)
What does the antenna do?
Carries out the signal to space
What does a FROL enable a person to do?
- Operate the radio installed on aircraft.
2. Operate a radio communication system used in connection with aircraft.
What is the main factor in the degree to which the radio waves are affected through mediums?
Primarily dependent on their frequency.
What does Hertz stand for?
The number of cycles produced in one second.
What is the range that the human ear responds to?
20 Hz - 20 KHz
What are sky waves?
Waves that are refracted back to earth by the ionosphere.
What are ground waves and what frequency utilizes them?
They travel directly from the transmitter to the receiver by line of sight.
What is skip distance?
The distance between the transmitting antenna and the point at which the transmitted wave first reaches the earths surface.
What is the frequency that is required to have the band refract off the ionosphere?
In the HF band.
What frequency band does the VHF band operate?
30-300MHz- Based on principles of Line of Sight
VHF is effective to what coverage below 5000ft and from 5000-10000ft?
60nm for below 5000ft and 90nm for between 5000-10000.
What frequencies are used by VHF for short range communication? Radio navigation aids?
118.0-135.95MHz- VHF
VOR and ILD 108.0-117.95MHz
What range does the Australian NDB (Non-directional beacon) operate?
200-486KHz
What causes Ground Waves to travel further?
Ground waves are able to travel further over water than they are over ground.
Does a high or low frequency band travel further?
Low frequency.
What is the difference between the ionosphere during the day and night? How does this affect the distance traveled by the same frequency between the two different times?
The ionosphere is higher during the night causing refracted radio waves to travel further. The same frequency band with travel further at night than it does during the day.
What is attenuation?
The gradual loss in intensity of the radio wave through a medium.
How does attenuation affect ground waves going from land to sea?
Because the surface wave is retarded more over land than over the sea, ground waves change their direction as they pass from land to sea.
How does power affect range?
The more power the more range the radio wave will have.
What is fading?
Received transmission alternately weakening and strengthening as the signals go in and out of phase.
What band is static interference most likely to affect?
Greater at lower frequencies. Affect is negligible for VHF and above.
What are space/direct waves?
waves which travel directly from the transmitter to the receiver.
What frequencies almost entirely utilises Space waves?
VHF communication and navigation receivers.