Modules 1-2 Flashcards
Who issues radio licenses in Canada?
Industry Canada (Not Transport Canada)
Spoken expression for an Urgency situation
PAN PAN x 3
Spoken expression for emergency situations
MAYDAY MAYDAY MAYDAY
Phonetic Alphabet: (List all 26 letters)
Alpha Bravo Charlie Delta Echo Foxtrot Golf Hotel India Juliette Kilo Lima Mike November Oscar Papa Quebec Romeo Sierra Tango Uniform Victor Whiskey X-Ray Yankee Zulu
When receiving or replying to a signal check, a 1 x 2 response would mean
bad strength, poor readability
The ideal impedance for a good quality aircraft headset is:
600 Ohms
Describe the purpose of audio sidetone
Allows a small sample of feedback from the microphone to play in the headphones allowing the pilot to hear themselves
What is the puprose of the V/R switches underneath the filter section of an ACP?
V = Voice - Spoken word to be played R = Range - The audio tones such as morse code to be played
Which one is bigger out of a mic plug and a phones plug? How many conductors does each have?
Phones plug is always bigger and has only 2 conductors
A mic plug has 2 or more conductors
What are the different conductor parts on a Mic plug?
Tip = PTT
Conductor Ring = Mic audio Hi
Barrel / shaft = Mic audio Lo (ground)
Order of priority for communications is
- Distress communications
- Urgency communications
- Radio direction-finding communications
In terms of privacy of communications, penalties can include:
Fines not $25,000 or imprisonment for 1 year or both for individuals and companies not exceeding $75,000
What are the penalties for using superfluous communications OR False distress signals?
Fines for individuals not exceeding $5000 or imprisonment for 1 year or both
Fines not exceeding $25,000
What is 3:00pm expressed in zulu time?
1500 Zulu
Which spoken expressions should NOT be used?
OK Repeat Ten-Four Over and out Breaker Breaker Come in please
When a ground station receives multiple calls or signals simultaneously, the ground station can prioritize ________ and this is decided by ______________
The order in which to respond
The priority status
When calling a ground station, how are you supposed to initiate the contact?
- Callsign of station called
- THIS IS
- The callsign of the calling station
- The frequency the calling station is transmitting on
Strength and readability is rated from 1 to 5. What are they?
- Bad
- Poor
- Fair
- Good
- Excellent
I read you 3 by 5 means
Fair strength, Excellent readability
I read you 4 by 2 means
Good strength, poor readability
Definition of distress situation
A condition of being threatened by grave or imminent danger and requires immediate assistance
Definition of urgency situation
A condition concerning the safety of an aircraft or persons onboard, but does not require immediate assistance
Emergency frequency is
121.500 MHz
“Affirmative” means
Yes
“Confirm” means
Did you receive my last message?
“Over” is used when
you are done your message and are awaiting a reply
“Roger” means
You have received all of last transmission
“Wilco” means
You will comply with instructions received
True or false: All radio stations in Canada must have a radio license
True, with few exemptions
Penalties for not having a radio license as a radio station include:
Fines for individuals not exceeding $5000 or jail time up to 1 year or both
Not exceeding $25,000 for companies / corporations
A transceiver allows a pilot to
Transmit and receive signals
ACP stands for
Audio Control Panel
A PTT switch essentially changes the transceiver from a ___________ to a ____________
Receiver
Transmitter
All audio panels control our microphone___________ and our audio __________
OUTPUTS
INPUTS
Impedance means
The amount of resistance there is within a given power output
ADF stands for
Automatic Direction Finder
DME stands for
Distance Measuring Equipment
SPKR is for
The cockpit speaker or the PA system on a large aircraft
BOTH switch allows
Activates Mic 1 or 2 OUTPUT and LISTENING to both COMM 1 and COMM 2 INPUTS
Speakers are designed to operate between ______and_______ ohms
4
16
List the 3 different types of microphones
Dynamic
Electret
Carbon
What is Squelch?
Prevents audio feedback from your own input by silencing the output
