Questions tagged [radio-communications]
Radio is the primary way that pilots communicate with air traffic control and with other aircraft.
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Do you have to repeat back ATC taxi instructions while still on the runway [duplicate]
Upon touching down while still rolling, tower gives us taxi instructions back to parking. I understand the need to give instructions on where to exit the runway but I’m wondering if the FULL taxi ...
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How do you communicate with atc and how can they communicate with you when you change frequency?
How do you let atc know that you are going to a different frequency and how will you be able to talk to them if they need to talk to you will they go to that frequency that you went to?
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What frequencies can you freely speak on? [duplicate]
Are there any frequencies that you can use to communicate with your family at home when you are flying and for a wokie talkie I am wondering if there are just any frequencies that you can speak freely ...
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Why don't airports use different radio frequencies/channels for each plane to prevent communications from interfering with each other?
There have been serious safety incidents where multiple airplanes using the same frequency caused simultaneous messages to garble each other. For example, at Pearson International Airport (2020-03-07),...
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Multiple COMM types on the same frequency?
In the manual for the Garmin GNC 255 on page 13, it is stated that:
When connected to a position source, the nearest station identifier will be
shown for the selected frequency. Frequencies with ...
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Is it acceptable to abbreviate “Foxtrot” to “Fox”?
My instrument instructor pointed out that I’ve been saying “Four Seven Fox” instead of “Four Seven Foxtrot”. I realize I’ve been doing this for years now, but this is the first I’ve ever been called ...
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How impactful could an ATC-specific speech-to-text AI model be for the aviation industry?
Various initiatives, such as the European SESAR 3 program, the Airbus Speech Recognition Challenge, or Appareo's technology, highlight a growing interest in tailored Automatic Speech Recognition (ASR) ...
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Do ATC say "Climb to XXXX on standard" or "Climb to standard XXXX" or something else?
Do ATC say "Climb to XXXX on standard" or "Climb to standard XXXX" or something else?
By "standard" I'm referring to altimeter pressure settings (set to standard pressure)...
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How do these lines sound as ATC communications?
These are translated lines from a fictional story in Chinese, written by someone who (like me) does not work in aviation and therefore does not have firsthand knowledge of these things. Therefore, it ...
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Why are we still using audio to communicate between ATC and Pilot?
Amidst the recent Japan Airlines 516 crash at Haneda and multiple others in history like the famous KLM/PanAm at Tenerife, it has always bothered me that these accidents were so easily preventable ...
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Origins and Efficiency of the Phonetic Alphabet in Aviation
I’m curious about the history and practicality of the phonetic alphabet (Alpha, Bravo, Charlie, Delta, Echo, etc.) used in aviation communication. While I recognise its universal application in ...
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Why and how can TCAS and SSR transponder work at the received frequency of each other?
The TCAS sends interrogation pulses at 1030 MHz and receives replies at 1090 MHz. And the transponder replies interrogations at 1030 MHz receiving at 1090 MHz. There could be interference between them,...
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How might ATC phrase an instruction to a pilot to maintain a certain speed and establish glide path?
What might an ATC say to instruct a pilot to maintain a certain speed and establish glide path?
My attempts (as someone who does not know much at all about how a plane is piloted) are:
"Maintain ...
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How might an ATC ask a pilot to check the weather conditions at a certain location?
(Working on a translation that involves radio communications dialogue.)
Say the location is X nautical miles from the aircraft to a direction that's between the Y o'clock and Z o'clock direction, what ...
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What might an air traffic controller say to approve a request from a pilot for a certain heading?
I'm translating something that involves radio communications dialogue.
Two questions, actually:
How would a pilot request a particular heading? (Does this ever happen?) E.g. something like "...
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