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Module One

Basics of Radiotelephony

PPT 1.1 STP : Radiotelephony Communications for Pilots Rev No. 0


Radiotelephony Communication
Basics of Radiotelephony

Departure Communication

Enroute Communication

Arrival Communication

Abnormal and Emergency


Communications

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End-of-Module Objective

In a classroom, given with flight scenario in a role play


environment

Establish radiotelephony communications with appropriate


aeronautical station

in accordance with the procedures stipulated in ICAO Doc.9432,


ICAO Annex 10 and ICAO Doc. 4444..

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Intermediate Objective
• Choose Appropriate Radio Frequency
• Establish Radio Communication

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Module Lessons

Lesson 1 Lesson 2 Lesson 3


Introduction to Choosing General
Aviation Appropriate Radio Radiotelephony
Communication Frequency Procedures

Lesson 4

Establishing Radio
Communication

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Lesson 1

Introduction to Aviation Communication

PPT 1.6 STP : Radiotelephony Communications for Pilots Rev No. 0


TRAINING A/C REGISTRATION

DA 40 DA 40 DA 40 DA 40 DA 40 DA 40 C172
C172

ETAXA
ETAXA ETAWT
ETAWT ETAUI
ETAUI ETAPA
ETAPA ETASP
ETASP
ETAXB
ETAXB ETAWU
ETAWU ETAUJ
ETAUJ ETAPC
ETAPC ETASR
ETASR
ETAXC
ETAXC ETAWV
ETAWV ETAUH
ETAUH ETAPD
ETAPD ETASV
ETASV
ETAXD
ETAXD ETAWW
ETAWW ETAUK
ETAUK
ETAWX
ETAWX
ETAWZ
ETAWZ

07/13/2024 Introduction to Air Law 7


Definition of Communication
Communication is the act of developing meaning among entities or
groups through the use of sufficiently mutually understood signs,
symbols, and semiotic conventions.
It can convey impressions, transfer knowledge and information
It can transmit feelings and emotions, as well
Depending on how it is used, can inspire, enrage, inform, persuade, entertain,
assure or offend.

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Communication in Aviation
 Communication:
 has paramount importance in aviation
 If it is misunderstood, it can lead to a lapse in safety.
 is element that is receiving attention in aviation environment
 vital importance in the safe and expeditious operation of aircraft.
 This could be ;
 A pilot to controller or
 A controller to a pilot
 Other possibilities also exist
 For example an airline flight crew could be communicating with their company

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Communication in Aviation
Accident Due to Miscommunications
Tenerife:
On March 27, 1977,
two Boeing 747 passenger jets, KLM Flight 4805 and Pan Am Flight 1736,
collided on the runway
Resulting in 583 fatalities,
this accident is the deadliest in aviation history.
(AV 1.1 -Tenerife 747 crashes into another 747 - Condensed Version)

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Communication in Aviation
Accident Due to Miscommunications
Midair Collision: , Überlingen, Germany
On 1st July 2002
Tu154 on a passenger flight collided a cargo Boeing 757-200
the death of all 69 occupants.
The collision occurred after an ATC control lapse had led to a conflict which
generated coordinated TCAS RAs which the B757 followed but the TU-154, in
the presence of a conflicting ATC instruction, did not.

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Communication in Aviation
Accident Due to Miscommunications
Midair Collision: Delhi, India, to
On 12 November 1996,
Saudi Arabian Airlines Flight 763, a Boeing 747and Kazakhstan Airlines Flight
1907
all 349 people on board both planes
The report ascribed the cause of this serious breach in operating procedure to
the lack of English language skills on the part of the Kazakhstani aircraft pilots;
they were relying entirely on their radio operator for communications with the
ATC

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Communication in Aviation
Aviation communication consists of acronyms, special
vocabulary (phraseology) and a particular short hand ways of
saying things.
The objective is to:
Communicate a lot while saying little
Radiotelephony (RTF) provides the means by which pilots
and ground personnel (ATC) communicate with each other.

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Significance of Aviation Communication
• The importance of using correct and precise standardized phraseology
cannot be overemphasized.
• Safety experts are constantly seeking to identify means of improving
safety in order to reduce the already low accidents rates.
• With mechanical failures featuring less prominence in aircraft
accidents ,more attention has been focused in recent years on human
factors that contribute to accidents

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Terms and Definitions
Aerodrome control service
Aerodrome traffic circuit
Aeronautical Fixed Telecommunication Network
Aeronautical mobile service
Aeronautical station.
Air-ground communication
Air-to-ground communication
Approach control service
Area control centre
Automatic terminal information service
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Terms and Definitions
Blind Transmission
Broadcast
Control Area
Control Zone
Duplex
Estimated time of arrival (ETA)
Expected approach time (EAT)
Flight plan
Ground-to-air communication
Heading
Holding point
Inter-pilot air-to-air communication
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Terms and Definitions
Radar identification
Radar vectoring
Readback
Reporting point
Runway Visual Range
Simplex
Telecommunication

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Air Traffic Services Abbreviations
AFS Aeronautical fixed service

AFTN Aeronautical fixed telecommunication network


AGL Above ground level
ACP Acceptance

ALR Alerting

ARR Arrival

CDN Coordination

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Air Traffic Services Abbreviations (Cont’d)
CPL Current flight plan

DLA Delay

DEP Departure

EST Estimate

FPL Filed flight plan

CNL Flight plan cancellation

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Air Traffic Services Abbreviations (Cont’d)
RCF Radio communication failure

RQP Request flight plan


RQS Request supplementary flight plan

SPL Supplementary flight plan

ATIS Automatic terminal information


service

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Air Traffic Services Abbreviations (Cont’d)
CAVOK Visibility, cloud and present weather better
than prescribed values or conditions
ATA Actual time of arrival

ATC Air traffic control (in general)

ATD Actual time of departure

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Q-Code Groups
QDM Magnetic heading (zero wind)
QDR Magnetic bearing
QFE Atmospheric pressure at aerodrome
elevation (or at runway threshold)
QNH Altimeter sub-scale setting to obtain
elevation when on the ground
QTE True bearing

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Lesson 2

Choosing Appropriate Radio Frequency

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Radio Frequency Spectrum (Radio Waves)
 Is the part of the electromagnetic spectrum ranging from 1 Hz to 3000 GHz (3 THz). Waves in this
range have become widely used in modern technology, particularly in telecommunication.
 Radio waves travel at a speed of light (300,000,000m/s)

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Radio Frequency Spectrum (Cont’d)
Frequencies Frequency Band

3-30 kHz Very Low Frequency (VLF)

30-300 kHz Low Frequency (LF)


300-3,000 kHz Medium Frequency (MF)

3 - 30 MHz High Frequency (HF)

30 - 300 MHz Very High Frequency (VHF)

300 - 3,000 MHz Ultra High Frequency (UHF)


Super High Frequency (SHF)
3 - 30 GHz SHF

30 - 300 GHz Extremely High Frequency(EHF)

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Radio Frequency Spectrum (Cont’d)
Range Wavelength Facilities

VLF Very long range navigation


100 km - 10 km
LF 10 km - 1km NDB, Decca, Loran - C
MF 1 km - 100m NDB
HF 100 m -10 m HF R/T
VHF 10 m -1 m VHF R/T, VDF, VOR, ILS. marker beacons,
UHF 1 m -10 cm ILS Glidepath, DME, some Surveillance Radar.

SHF 10 cm -1 cm PAR, some Surveillance Radar, Doppler Radar, Radio Altimeter ,


AWR
EHF 1 cm -1 mm Airfield Surface Movement Radar

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VHF Frequency Separation
• If channels are separated by 25 kHz or more
• the first five digits of the numerical designator should be used,
• If both the fifth and sixth digits are zeros, only the first four digits should be used.

Radio management panel setting for communication


equipment with
Channel Transmitted as
25 kHz (5 digits) 8.33/25 kHz (6 digits)

118.000 One one eight decimal zero 118.00 118.000

118.025 One one eight decimal zero two 118.02 118.025

118.050 One one eight decimal zero five 118.05 118.050

118.075 One one eight decimal zero seven 118.07 118.075

118.100 One one eight decimal one 118.10 118.100

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VHF Frequency Spread
VHF Frequency Spread
The frequencies in the part of the VHF band that may be of concern to the
pilot are as follows:
88 to 107.95 MHz Broadcasting (FM)
108 to 117.95 MHz Radio Navigation (AM and FM)
118 to 136.975 MHz Radio Communication (AM)

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VHF Propagation Characteristics
• Path of a radio wave from a transmitter to a receiver
is:
• Direct
• Ground Reflected wave
• The signal may be reaching the receiver by more
than one path at the same time
• phase differences between the signals
• Changes in phase difference
• will cause changes in signal strength, so producing the
effect known as ‘fading’.

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Factors that Affect VHF Communication
• Weather
• Exact frequency used
• Antenna (Gain, height and length)
• The radio's power output
• Line-of-sight (obstructions)
• The distance a two-way radios

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Source of Information on Stations’ Frequency
• Information about a station’s radio frequency is
obtained:
• AIP of the country
• Aerodrome charts or Area Charts
• Jeppesen Chart

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PT 1.1
• Progress test on basic of radiotelephony

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Lesson 3

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Radiotelephony
• Radiotelephony (RTF)
• transmission of sound (audio) by radio
• provides the means by which pilots and ground
personnel communicate with each other.
• The information and instructions transmitted are
• of vital importance in the safe and expeditious
operation of aircraft.
• ICAO standardized phraseology shall be used
in all situations for which it has been specified

PPT 1.33 STP : Radiotelephony Communications for Pilots Rev No. 0


The Radiotelephony Spelling Alphabet
LETTER Word PRONOUNCIATION

A ALPHA AL FAH

B BRAVO BRAH VOH

C CHARLIE CHAR LEE/SHAR LEE

D DELTA DELL TAH


E ECHO ECK OH

F FOXTROT FOKS TROT


G GOLF GOLF

PPT 1.34 STP : Radiotelephony Communications for Pilots Rev No. 0


The Radiotelephony Spelling Alphabet (Cont’d)
LETTER Word PRONOUNCIATION

H HOTEL HOTELL

I INDIA IN DEE AH

J JULIETT JEW LEE ETT

K KILLO KEY LOH


L LIMA LEE MAH

M MIKE MIKE

N NOVEMBER NO VEM BER

PPT 1.35 STP : Radiotelephony Communications for Pilots Rev No. 0


The Radiotelephony Spelling Alphabet (Cont’d)
LETTER Word PRONOUNCIATION

o OSCAR OSS CAH

p PAPA PAH PAH

Q QUEBEC KEY BECK

R ROMEO ROW ME OH
S SIERRA SEE AIR RAH

T TANGO TANG GO
U UNIFORM YOU NEE FORM

PPT 1.36 STP : Radiotelephony Communications for Pilots Rev No. 0


The Radiotelephony Spelling Alphabet (Cont’d)
LETTER Word PRONOUNCIATION

V VICTOR VIK TAH

W WHISKEY WISS KEY

X X-RAY ECKS RAY

Y YANKEE YANG KEY


Z ZULU ZOO LOO

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The Radiotelephony Spelling Alphabet (Cont’d)

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The Radiotelephony Spelling Alphabet (Cont’d)
Some abbreviations, which by common and frequent use are understood, need
not be spelled out
Examples

ILS, VOR, GPS, DME

RVR

SELCAL

Q CODES (QFE, QNH, QDR)

PPT 1.39 STP : Radiotelephony Communications for Pilots Rev No. 0


Transmission of Numbers in Radiotelephony
Numeral element PRONOUNCIATION
0 ZE-RO
1 WUN
2 TOO
3 TREE
4 FOW-er
5 FIFE
6 SIX
7 SEV-en
8 AIT
9
NIN-er
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Transmission of Digits in Radiotelephony
LETTER PRONOUNCIATION
Decimal DAY-SEE-MAL

Hundred HUN-dred

Thousand TOU-SAND

Note:- Each number shall be transmitted by pronouncing each digit


separately except for special descriptions to be given.

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Transmission of Aircraft Call Signs

Aircraft Call Signs Transmitted as


CCA 238 Air China two three eight

OAL 242 Olympic two four two

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Transmission of Flight Levels

Flight levels Transmitted as


FL 180 Flight level one eight zero

FL 200 Flight level two zero zero

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Transmission of Heading

Headings Transmitted as

100 degrees Heading one zero-zero


080 degrees Heading zero eight zero

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Transmission of Wind Information
Wind direction and speed Transmitted as
• 200 degrees 70 knots Wind two zero zero degrees
seven zero knots

• 160 degrees 18 knots gusting Wind one six zero degrees


30 knots one eight knots gusting
three zero knots

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Transmission of Transponder Codes

Transponder codes Transmitted as

• 2400 Squawk two four zero zero

• 4203 Squawk four two zero three

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Transmission Runway Numbers
Runway Transmitted as
27 Runway two seven

30 Runway three zero

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Transmission of Altimeter Settings
Altimeter setting Transmitted as
1010 QNH one zero one zero

1020 QNH one zero two zero

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Transmission of Numbers (Cont’d)
Exceptional cases: Information for which Numbers are to be
transmitted in Hundreds and Thousands:
Altitude,
Cloud height,
Visibility and
Runway visual range (RVR)
Information which contain whole hundreds and whole thousands,
Shall be transmitted by:
pronouncing each digits in the number of hundreds or thousands
followed by the word HUNDRED or THOUSAND as appropriate

PPT 1.49 STP : Radiotelephony Communications for Pilots Rev No. 0


Transmission of Altitude
Altitude Transmitted as
800 Eight hundred
3400 Three thousand four hundred
12000 One two thousand

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Transmission of Cloud Height
Cloud height Transmitted as
2200 Two thousand two hundred

4300 Four thousand three hundred

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Transmission of Visibility
Visibility Transmitted as
1000 Visibility one thousand

700 Visibility seven hundred

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Transmission of Runway Visual Range (RVR)
Runway Visual Range Transmitted as
600 RVR six hundred

1700 RVR one thousand Seven hundred

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Transmission of Frequency
VHF and HF frequencies are represented by a six digit numeral
All the six digits of the numerical designator should be used.
Except in the case of both the fifth and sixth digits being zeros, in
which case only the first four digits should be used.

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Transmission of Frequency (Cont’d)
Frequency Transmitted as
118.000 One one eight decimal zero
118.005 One one eight decimal zero zero five

118.010 One one eight decimal zero one zero

118.025 One one eight decimal zero two five


118.050 One one eight decimal zero five zero

118.100 One one eight decimal one

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Transmission of Time

When transmitting time, only the minutes of the hour should normally
be required

Each digit Should be pronounced separately.

The Hour should be included when any possibility of confusion is


likely to result

57
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Transmission of Time (Cont’d)

Time Statement

0920 (9:20 A.M.) TOO ZERO OR ZERO NIN-ER TOO ZERO

1643 (4:43 P.M.) FOW-ER TREE OR WUN SIX FOW-ER TREE

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Exercise Ex 1.1
• EX 1.1: Exercise on pronouncing Phonetic Alphabets
and numbers

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PPT 1.59 STP : Radiotelephony Communications for Pilots Rev No. 0
CW Alphabet and Numbers in Morse Code

AV 1.4 - Morse (CW) is for kids !


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Call Signs for Aeronautical Stations

Aeronautical stations are identified by the name of the location


followed by a suffix
The suffix indicates the type of units or service provided
When satisfactory communication has been established, and provided
that it will not be confusing, the name of the location or the call sign
suffix may be omitted

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Call Signs for Aeronautical Stations (Cont’d)
Unit or Service Call Sign Suffix
Area control center
  CONTROL
 Approach control  APPROACH
 Approach control radar arrivals  ARRIVAL
 Approach control radar departures  DEPARTURE

 Aerodrome control  TOWER


 Surface movement control  GROUND

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Call Signs for Aeronautical Stations (Cont’d)
Unit or Service Call Sign Suffix
 Radar (in general)  RADAR
 Precision Approach Radar  PRECISION
 Direction-finding Station  HOMER
 Flight Information Service  INFORMATION
 Clearance Delivery  DELIVERY
 Apron Control  APRON
 Company Dispatch  DISPATCH

 Aeronautical Station  RADIO

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Radiotelephony Call Signs for Aircraft
Full Call Signs
Type Example
1. The characters corresponding to the registration marking • ET-ABC
of an aircraft
2. The telephony designator of the aircraft operating agency, • ETH-TABC
followed by the last four characters of the registration marking of
the aircraft

3. The telephony designator of the aircraft operating agency, • ETH 345


followed by the flight identification

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Radiotelephony Call Signs for Aircraft (Cont’d)
Abbreviated Call Signs
Type Example
1. The first and at least the last two Characters • E-BC or Cessna E-BC
of the aircraft registration

2. The telephony designator of an aircraft


operating agency followed by at least the last • ETH - BC
two characters of the aircraft registration

3. No abbreviated form • ETH 345

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Radiotelephony Call Signs for Aircraft (Cont’d)

An aircraft shall use its abbreviated call sign only


after it has been addressed in this manner by the aeronautical station.

An aircraft shall not change its type of call sign during flight except
when there is a likelihood that confusion may occur because of similar call signs.

In this case the call sign is changed temporarily

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Radiotelephony Call Signs for Aircraft (Cont’d)

Aircraft in the heavy wake turbulence category


shall include the word ”HEAVY” immediately after the aircraft call sign in the initial call to
the aerodrome control tower and the approach control unit

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Radiotelephony Call Signs for Aircraft (Cont’d)
• An aircraft shall use its abbreviated call sign
• Only after it has been addressed in this manner by the
aeronautical station
• When an aircraft wishes to broadcast information to
aircraft in its vicinity,
• The message should be prefaced by the call “ALL
STATIONS”.

PPT 1.68 STP : Radiotelephony Communications for Pilots Rev No. 0


Standard Words and Phrases
Words/ Phrase Meaning
ACKNOWLEDGE Let me know that you have received and understood
this message
AFFIRM Yes

APPROVED Permission for the proposed action granted


BREAK I hereby indicate the separation between portions of the
message
BREAK BREAK I hereby indicate the separation between
messages transmitted to different aircraft in a very
busy environment
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Standard Words and Phrases

Words/ Phrase Meaning


CANCEL Annul the previously transmitted clearance.

CHECK Examine a system or procedure

CLEARED Authorized to proceed under the conditions


specified
CONFIRM I request verification

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Standard Words and Phrases
Words/ Phrase Meaning
CONTACT Establish communication with….

CORRECT True or Accurate


CORRECTION An error has been made in this
transmission or (message indicated).
The
correct version is…
I SAY AGAIN I repeat for clarity or emphasis

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Standard Words and Phrases

Words/ Phrase Meaning


MAINTAIN Continue in accordance with the
condition(s) specified or in its literal sense
MONITOR “listen out on (frequency).”

No or permission not granted or that is not


NEGATIVE correct or not capable

This exchange of transmission is ended and no


OUT response is expected

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Standard Words and Phrases
Words/ Phrase Meaning
My transmission is ended and I expect a
OVER response from you
READ BACK Repeat, all or the specific part, of this message back
to me exactly as received

DISREGARD Ignore
GO AHEAD Proceed with your message
HOW DO YOU What is the readability of my transmission
READ

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Standard Words and Phrases
Words/ Phrase Meaning
• A change has been made to your last clearance and
RECLEARED this new clearance supersedes your previous
clearance or part thereof

REPORT • Pass me the following information


REQUEST • Should like to know…” or “I wish to
obtain
ROGER • I have received all of your last transmission

SAY AGAIN • Repeat all, or the following part, of your last


transmission
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Standard Words and Phrases
Words/ Phrase Meaning
SPEAK • Reduce your rate of speech
SLOWER
STANDBY • wait and I will call you

UNABLE • I can not comply with your request, instruction, or


clearance
WILCO • I understand your message and will
comply with it
WORDS TWICE • As a request - communication is difficult. Please send every word
or group of words twice.”
• As information -since communication is difficult, every word or
group of words in this message will be sent twice.”
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General Transmitting Techniques
Before transmitting listen out for interference from another station
Be familiar with good microphone operating techniques
Use a normal conversational tone
Speak clearly and distinctly
Maintain the speaking volume at a constant level

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General Transmitting Techniques (Cont’d)

A slight “Pause” before and after numbers is helpful for better understanding

Avoid using hesitation sounds such as “er” and “ah”.

Depress the transmit switch fully until the message is completed.

Speak clearly and use standard RTF words and phrases wherever possible

Maintain an even rate of speech not exceeding 100 words per minute

For messages written down by the recipient, speak at a slightly slower rate

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Radio Test Procedures
• The form of a test transmission should be as follows:
1. The identification of the station being called
2. The aircraft identification
3. The words ‘Radio Check’
4. The frequency being used

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Radio Test Procedures
• Readability Scale Interpretation:
 1 ≈ Unreadable
 2 ≈ Readable now and then
 3 ≈ Readable but with difficulty
 4 ≈ Readable
 5 ≈ Perfectly readable

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Radio Test Procedures
• Example:
BOLE GROUND ETAWH RADIO CHECK 121.9
STATION CALLING BOLE GROUND YOU ARE UNREADABLE, OR
ETAWH BOLE GROUND READING YOU 3, LOUD BACKGROUND
WHISTLE, OR
ETAWH BOLE GROUND READING YOU 5

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Lesson 4

Establishment and Continuation of Communication

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Establishing Communication Procedures
• When establishing communications:
• an aircraft should use the full call sign of
• both the aircraft and the aeronautical station.
• Aircraft in the heavy wake turbulence category shall
include
• the word ‘HEAVY’ immediately after the aircraft call sign in the
initial call to each ATSU.
• The purpose of this call is to confirm the aircraft type and/or wake

PPT 1.82 STP : Radiotelephony Communications for Pilots Rev No. 0


Establishing Communication Procedures (cont’d)
• When establishing communications it has to be in the
following order:
1. Designation of the station being called
2. Designation of station calling

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Establishing Communication Procedures (cont’d)
• Example:
BOLE GROUND ETHIOPIAN 805
ETHIOPIAN 805 BOLE GROUND GO AHEAD

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Establishing Communication Procedures
If there is doubt that a message has been correctly received, a repetition of the message shall
be requested either in full or in part.
Phrase Meaning

1 SAY AGAIN Repeat entire message

2 SAY AGAIN . . . (item) Repeat specific item

3 SAY AGAIN ALL BEFORE . . . (the first word Repeat part of message
satisfactorily received)
4 SAY AGAIN ALL AFTER . . . (the last word Repeat part of message
satisfactorily received)
5 SAY AGAIN ALL BETWEEN . . . AND . . . Repeat part of message

PPT 1.85 STP : Radiotelephony Communications for Pilots Rev No. 0


Establishing Communication Procedures
• When a station is called but is uncertain of the identity of the calling
station, the calling station should be requested to repeat its call sign until
the identity is established.

BOLE GROUND 123

STATION CALLING BOLE GROUND SAY AGAIN YOUR CALL SIGN

BOLE GROUND ETHIOPIAN 123

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Establishing Communication Procedures

BOLE GROUND ET-AWK

ET-AWK BOLE GROUND GO AHEAD

ET-AWK RADIO CHECK ON 121.9

ET-AWK READING YOU 5

ROGER

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Establishing Communication Procedures
• When an error is made in a transmission:
• the word “CORRECTION” shall be spoken,
• the last correct group or phrase repeated and
• then the correct version transmitted
• If a correction can best be made by repeating the entire message:
• the phrase “CORRECTION I SAY AGAIN” before transmitting the
message a second time.
• When it is considered that reception is likely to be difficult,
• important elements of the message should be spoken twice.

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Continuation Communication
Once the communication has been established the pilot should
maintain continuous listening watch until it is transferred to the next
station
ADDIS CONTROL ETHIOPIAN 123 RANSO 47 FL 330 MEKEL 07
CORRECTION MEKEL 57
ETHIOPIAN 123 ROGER REPORT MEKEL

WILCO ETHIOPIAN 123

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Exercise on VFR Communication
• P- Hawassa TWR, ET-APD, Radio check 1,2,3, 3,2,1
on 118.7, HOW DO YOU READ?
• C- ET-APD, Hawassa TWR, read you 5
• P- Hawassa TWR, ET-APD 2 SOULS on board
endurance 0500 hrs training area sector
two REQ taxi clearance for take off.
• C- ET-APD taxi to the holding position R/W 01 wind
010 degree @10 kts QNH 1023
Exercise on VFR Communication
• P- Roger taxi to the holding position R/W 01 wind
010 deg @10 kts QNH 1023
• P- Hawassa TWR, ET-APD, approaching holding
position R/W 01 request back track line up and take
off
• C- ET-APD cleared line up and take-off wind..
• P- ET-APD roger cleared line up and take-off
Exercise on VFR Communication
• P- Hawassa TWR, ET-APD after departure passing( crossing)
6500ft for 10,000ft proceeding sector two
• C- ET-APD, Hawassa TWR, report reaching sector two
• P- Roger( Wilco)
• P- Hawassa TWR,ET-APD sector two 10,000 and below
• C- ET-APD, report again Operations normal after 15 minutes
Exercise on VFR Communication
• P- roger( wilco)
• P- Hawassa TWR, ET-APD sector two ops NML
• C- ET-APD, report another ops NML after 15m
• P- roger (wilco)
• P- Hawassa TWR, ET-APD descending 6500ft REQ
landing instruction
• C- ET-APD descend 6500ft and report L/B R/W 01
Exercise on VFR Communication
• P- roger will report L/B
• P- TWR, ET-APD L/B R/w 01
• C- ET-APD report final R/W 01
• P- roger
• P-TWR, ET-APD, final R/W 01full stop
• C- ET-APD cleared to land wind 020D/08 kts
• P- Roger, cleared to land ET-APD
Exercise on VFR Communication
• P- TWR ET-APD on ground REQ taxi clearance
• C- ET-APD, exit the runway and taxi back to the
usual parking area.
• P- roger taxi back to the usual parking
Cross country Navigation
• P- Hawasa TWR, ET-APD,2 souls on board
Endurance 0600hrs X- country navigation Hawasa-
Zeway-Butajera-Hawasa REQ taxi clearance for take-
off
Cross country Navigation
• P- Hawasa TWR, ET-APD after departure passing 7000ft for
115, estimating ziway 0920, butajera 0930, back to Hawassa
0955
• C- ET-APD, roger report leaving control zone
boundary
• P- ET-APD, roger will call leaving control zone boundary
• P- ET-APD, leaving control zone boundary
• C- ET-APD report Ziway
Cross country Navigation
• P- roger will report Ziway ET-APD
• P- TWR, ET-APD Ziway 0921 maintaining 105
estimating Butajera 0931 ETA Hawassa 1000
• C- ET-APD, roger report again butajera
• P- ET-APD roger
• P- TWR, ET-APD Butajera 0932 ETA Hawassa 1000
• C- ET-APD report reaching control Zone boundary
Cross country Navigation
• P- ET-APD roger
• P- TWR, ET-APD approaching control zone boundary
• C- ET-APD R/W in use 01 wind 090D 10kts QNH
1021 report right base R/W 01
• P- ET-APD roger will call right base
• P- TWR, ET-APD right base runway 01
Cross country Navigation
• C- ET-APD report final Runway 01
• P- ET-APD roger will report final
• P- ET-APD final Runway 01 full stop
• C- ET-APD,TWR Cleared to land wind calm
• P- ET- APD roger cleared to land
• P- Hawasa TWR, ET-APD 2 souls on board
Endurance 0330 hrs training in the traffic pattern
REQ taxi clearance for take-off
Traffic Pattern operation
• C- ET-APD, Hawasa TWR, cleared for take-off
• P- Roger, cleared for take-off, ET-APD
• P- Hawasa TWR, ET-APD R/D/W Runway 01
• C- ET-APD, Hawasa TWR, report R/B R/W 01
• P- Roger will report R/B
• P- Hawasa TWR, ET-APD, R/B R/W 01
• C- ET-APD, Hawasa TWR, Report final R/w01
Traffic Pattern operation
• P- Hawasa TWR, ET-APD, Final R/w 01 Touch &Go
• C- ET-APD, Hawasa TWR cleared touch & Go wind…
• P- Roger cleared T&G ET-APD
• P- Hawasa TWR, ET-APD R/D/W Runway 01
• C- ET-APD, make 360 @your present position
• P- Roger 360 ET-APD
• C- ET-APD continue app report Final ….
PT 1.2
• Progress test on basic of radiotelephony

PPT 1.90 STP : Radiotelephony Communications for Pilots Rev No. 0


Ex1.2
• Exercise on Radio check procedures and
Establishment of Communication
• Given with Call sign, Frequency and Aeronautical
station
• Perform Radio Test,
• Establish communication

PPT 1.91 STP : Radiotelephony Communications for Pilots Rev No. 0


Module Review
• Aviation Communication
• Terms and Definitions
• Radio Frequency
• Radiotelephony Procedures
• Call signs for aeronautical stations
• Standard words and Phrases
• Establishment and continuation of communication
PPT 1.92 STP : Radiotelephony Communications for Pilots Rev No. 0
MT 1.1

• Mastery Test on M1: Basics of Radio Telephony

PPT 1.93 STP : Radiotelephony Communications for Pilots Rev No. 0


Any Questions?

Thank You!

PPT 1.94 STP : Radiotelephony Communications for Pilots Rev No. 0

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