- •Textbook Series
- •Contents
- •ATPL Book 14 Communications
- •1 Definitions
- •Introduction
- •Transmission of Letters and Numbers
- •Definitions
- •Abbreviations
- •Categories of Messages
- •VHF Range
- •2 General Operating Procedures
- •Introduction
- •Technique
- •Transmission of Time
- •Standard Words and Phrases
- •Call Signs
- •Direction Finding (DF)
- •Radio Test Procedures
- •Transfer of Communications
- •Readback
- •Radar Procedures
- •Conditional Clearances
- •3 Phraseology
- •Introduction
- •General Phraseology
- •Area Control Services
- •Approach Control Services
- •Starting Procedures
- •Coordination between ATS Units
- •General Radar Phraseologies
- •Radar in Approach Control Service
- •Surveillance Radar Approach
- •PAR Approach
- •SSR Phraseology
- •8.33 kHz Phraseology
- •Initial Message
- •4 Weather Information
- •Introduction
- •Sources of Weather Information
- •Supplementary Information
- •5 Failures and Emergencies
- •Introduction
- •Communications Failure
- •Emergencies
- •Distress Procedures
- •Urgency Procedures
- •Medical Transports
- •Communications Related to Acts of Unlawful Interference
- •Introduction
- •Call Signs
- •Level Reporting
- •Position Reporting
- •MET Reports
- •Communication Failure under IFR
- •SELCAL
- •NDB Approach Profiles
- •7 VHF Propagation
- •Introduction
- •Radio Frequency Bands
- •VHF Frequency Spread
- •VHF Frequency Separation
- •VHF Propagation Characteristics
- •Factors Affecting VHF Propagation
- •Effective Range of VHF
- •Freak Propagation
- •8 Questions
- •Specimen Questions – IFR
- •9 Index
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121.5 MHz . . . . . . . . . . . . |
115 Distress (MAYDAY). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
12 |
A |
E |
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Abbreviations. . . . . . . . . . . |
9, 14 |
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ABM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 |
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ACARS.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
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14 |
ACAS. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 |
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ACC. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 |
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ADF. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 |
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ADR. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 |
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Aerodrome Control Service. . . . . . |
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6 |
Aerodrome Traffic. . . . . . . . . . . 6 |
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Aerodrome Traffic Circuit . . . . . . . |
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6 |
Aeronautical Mobile Service. . . . . . |
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6 |
Aeronautical Station . . . . . . . . |
6, 60 |
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AFIS. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 |
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AFTN. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
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6 |
AIP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
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9 |
AIRAC. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 |
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Air-ground Communication. . . . . . |
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6 |
Air Traffic Service. . . . . . . . . . |
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6 |
Air Traffic Services Unit. . . . . . . . |
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6 |
Airway. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
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6 |
All Stations. . . . . . . . . . . . . |
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64 |
Altitude . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
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6 |
Approach Control Service. . . . . . . |
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6 |
Apron. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 |
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Area Control Centre . . . . . . . . . |
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7 |
ATIS. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107 |
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ATS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
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18 |
ATSU. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 Automatic Terminal Information Service. . 7
Avoiding Action. . . . . . . . . . . |
67 |
B |
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Blind Transmission. . . . . . . . . . . 7 |
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Braking Action Code. . . . . . . . . |
109 |
Break . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
58 |
Break Break . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
58 |
C |
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Channel Spacing . . . . . . . . . . . |
5 |
Clearance Limit . . . . . . . . . . . |
7 |
Conditional Clearances . . . . . . . . |
68 |
Confirm.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
58 |
Control Area. . . . . . . . . . . . . |
7 |
Controlled Airspace. . . . . . . . . . |
7 |
Control Zone. . . . . . . . . . . . |
7 |
D |
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Definitions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 Direction Finding (DF). . . . . . . . . 62 Distress. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114
Emergency Descent. . . . . . . . . . |
80 |
Estimates. . . . . . . . . . . . . |
91 |
Expected Approach Time (EAT) . . . . . |
7 |
F |
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FIR. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
9 |
FIS. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
9 |
G |
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GCA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
10 |
Go Ahead. . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
59 |
H |
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Headings . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66 Heavy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121 HF . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 Holding. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86 Holding Instructions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82 Holding Point. . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 Holding Procedure. . . . . . . . . . . 7 How Do You Read. . . . . . . . . . 59
I
IFR. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
IFR Flight. . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
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7 |
ILS. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 |
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IMC. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
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10 |
Initial Contact.. . . . . . . . . . . |
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60 |
Initial Message. . . . . . . . . . . |
103 |
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INS.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
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10 |
Instrument Meteorological Conditions . . |
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7 |
I Say Again . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
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59 |
L |
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Landing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
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90 |
Letters. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 |
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M |
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Manoeuvring Area . . . . . . . . . . |
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8 |
Missed Approach. . . . . . . . . . . 90 |
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Missed Approach Procedure. . . . . . |
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8 |
MLS. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
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10 |
MNPS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
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10 |
Mode A 7700. . . . . . . . . . . . |
115 |
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Monitor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
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59 |
Movement Area. . . . . . . . . . . |
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8 |
N |
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NDB.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
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10 |
Numbers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
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4 |
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O
Orbit. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
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67 |
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P |
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PAPIs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 |
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Pushback Procedures. . . . . . . . . |
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84 |
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Q |
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Q Codes. . . . . |
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62 |
R |
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Radar Approach. . |
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8 |
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Radar Identification. |
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8, 66 |
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Radar Vectoring. . . . . . . . . . |
8, 66 |
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Radio Check. . . . . . . . . . . . . 64 |
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Radio Test Procedures. . . . . . . . |
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63 |
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RA Resolution Advisory/Advisories (ACAS). . |
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41 |
RAS. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
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41 |
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Readability Scale . . . . . . . . . . . |
63 |
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Read Back. . |
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8, 59 |
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Readback of Clearances . . . . . . . |
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64 |
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Recleared . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
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59 |
Reporting Point. . . . . . . . . . . . 8 RIS. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Roger . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
59 |
Runway Visual Range. . . . . . . . . |
8 |
RVR. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
10 |
S |
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Say Again . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59 SELCAL . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10, 126 SID. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 Squawk Ident. . . . . . . . . . . . 66 SSR Instructions. . . . . . . . . . . 66 SSR Phraseology. . . . . . . . . . . 100 Standby . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59 Starting Procedures. . . . . . . . . . 83
T
TACAN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 Take-off Clearance. . . . . . . . . . 88 Taxi Procedures . . . . . . . . . . . 85 Traffic Information . . . . . . . . . 67 Transmission of Time. . . . . . . . . 58
U
UHF. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 Universal Time (UTC). . . . . . . . . 58 URGENCY. . . . . . . . . . . . . 114 Urgency (PAN PAN). . . . . . . . . . 12
V
VDF. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 VFR Flight. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 VHF. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5, 11 VHF DF (VDF). . . . . . . . . . . . 62 VHF Range. . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 Visual Meteorological Conditions. . . . . 8 VOLMET. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
W
Wilco. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59 Words Twice. . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
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