RADIO COMMUNICATIONS Flashcards
WEATHER BROADCASTS
AWIS, AWOS, ASOS
VHF AVIATION RADIOS ALLOW YOU TO
LISTEN TO WEATHER BROADCASTS, MONITOR PILOT POSITION REPORTS, AND COMMUNICATE WITH A CONTROL TOWER
VHF AVIATION FREQUENCIES ARE
108 - 137 MHZ
VOICE COMMUNICATIONS
118.0MHZ - 136.97 MHZ
VHF AVIATION FREQUENCES ARE FOUND ON
SECTIONAL CHARTS, CHART SUPPLEMENTS, AND AVIATION APPS
ATIS (AUTOMATIC TERMINAL INFORMATION SERVICE) IS RECORDED BY
A HUMAN FROM A CONTROL TOWER
AWOS AND ASOS ARE
COMPUTER GENERATED, AND GIVE CONTINUOUS READINGS
BLIND CALL (SELF ANNOUNCE)
GENERAL BROADCAST TO ALL AIRCRAFTS IN THE FREQUENCY
UNICOM (AERONAUTICAL ADVISORY STATIONS)
the FPO - THEY RESPOND TO INBOUND AIRCRAFT AND GIVE AIRPORT ADVISORY AND OTHER SERVICES SUCH AS FUELING OR RENTAL CAR
MAY BE SEPERATE OR THE SAME AS CTAF, BUT NEVER THE SAME AS THE CONTROL TOWER
control towers are called
AIR TRAFFIC CONTROL
INFORM UNICOM OF YOUR OPERATIONS IN ADVANCE WHEN
YOUR NEAR AN UNTOWERED AIRPORT
UNICOM IS LINE OF SIGHT
INFORM UNICOM OF YOUR OPERATIONS IN ADVANCE WHEN
YOUR NEAR AN UNTOWERED AIRPORT
UNICOM IS LINE OF SIGHT
IF THERE IS NO TOWER AND NO CTAF, LISTEN ON
MULTICOM 122.9