Radio Communications Handbook
by Paul E. Illman
Pilot's Radio Communications Handbook - Not just talking on the radio; this book describes each "communication agency" from airport unicoms to flight service stations, flight watch, ATC centers, etc... explaining who they are, what they do, what information they can provide for you, and what information they expect from you.
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A sourcebook on both VFR and IFR pilot radio communications. This handbook adds depth to the treatment of how to communicate effectively from the cockpit. Radio communication skills are surprisingly under-addressed in pilot training. This reference fills the gap with detailed coverage encompassing all the fundamentals, including radio facilities and communication responsibilities including:
* how to avoid communication failure
* airspace classification defined
* multicom radio communications
* unicom radio communications
* flight service stations communications
* automated terminal information (ATIS)
* ground control
* transponders
* approach and departure control
* working with air route traffic control
* what to do if you have a radio failure
* cross country flight
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TABLE OF CONTENTS:
Acknowledgments
1 A Case for Communication Skills
Why the problem; Practicing for Competence;
Controllers are Human, Too; A Few Words About
Phraseology.
2 Accident Reports and Communications Failures
The Most Common Causes - In Summary; A Few
Case Histories; Combined Probable Causes/
Contributing Factors.
3 Breaking the Communication Barriers
Communications Defined; Some Barriers That
Affect Communications; What if You Don't
Understand? Conclusion.
4 Airspace Classifications: A Summary
Controlled and Uncontrolled Airspace Defined
The Airspace Described; Special Use Airspaces
Conclusion.
5 Multicom Airport Radio Communications
Why Use Multicom? Using Multicom; A Simulated
Landing and Departure with Multicom; Conclusion.
6 Unicom Airport Radio Communications
What is Unicom? Who Operates Unicom?
How Do You Know if an Airport has Unicom?
Contacting Unicom; A Simulated Landing and
Departure with Unicom; Conclusion.
7 Flight Service Stations and Radio Communications
The Services Offered: In Summary; FSS Consolidation;
Obtaining a Preflight Briefing; A Few Words about
FSS Frequencies; Opening a Flight Plan by Radio;
Filing a Flight Plan in the Air; Flight Watch
(Enroute Flight Advisory Service, or EFAS)
Other In-flight Weather Advisories; Extending
The Flight Plan; Amending the Flight Plan
In-flight; Checking Military Operations Area
Activity (MOAS); Closing Out the Flight Plan;
Obtaining Special VFRs, Obtaining Airport
Advisories: Flight Service on the Airport, No
Tower; Keeping Local Traffic Informed; Taxiing
Out and Back-Taxiing: Flight Service on the Airport,
No Tower; If You're Lost; The FSS and Position
Reporting.
8 Automatic Terminal Information Service (ATIS)
What is ATIS? Determining the Appropriate
Frequency; Information Provided by ATIS;
When to Tune to ATIS; Communicating the Fact
That you have the ATIS; Using the Phonetic
Designation; When Unable to Reach the ATIS;
Conclusion.
9 Ground Control: The Airport Surface Traffic Director
What Does Ground Control Do? Finding the Ground
Control Frequency; When to Contact Ground Control;
Taxiing for Takeoff (Required); Is the Air Clear?
Conclusion.
10 Transponders
The Air Traffic Control Radar Beacon System (ATCRBS)
The Transponder: Types (or Modes); Transponder
Operation and Codes; Terminology; The Transponder
and Radio Communications in an Emergency; A Few
Reminders and Tips; In Summary.
11 Operating and Communicating in Class D and E
Airspaces
What Does the Control Tower Do? The Class D
Dimensions and Key Features; A Brief Summary of
ASOS and AWOS; Other Features of the Class D Airspace;
Class D and E Transition Areas; More Sectional
Chart Symbols and What They Mean? Determining the
Tower Frequency; Doing What the Tower Tells You;
The Takeoff Contact; Changing Frequencies After
Takeoff; Takeoff with Closed Pattern; Approaching the
Airport Contacts; Other Traffic Pattern Communications;
A Tower but No Ground Control or ATIS on the Field;
Obtaining Special VFR Clearance; A Few Words About
Deviations; Conclusion.
12 Operating and Communicating in Class B, C and TRSA
Airspaces
The Class B Airspaces: What They Are and Where They
Are; Class C Airspace: What They Are; The TRSA
A Few Words About the Terminal Radar Service Area;
Conclusion.
13 Using Approach/Departure Control in the Controlled
Airport Environment
The Role of Approach and Departure Control;
Where is Approach/Departure Located? Departure from
A Class B Airport; Departing an Airport Underlying
A Class B Airspace; Departing a Class C Airport;
Departure from Other Radar Airports; Approach to a
Class B Airport; Approaching an Airport that Underlies
a Class B Airspace; Transiting a Class B Airspace;
Approach Control and the Class C Airspace; Transiting
A Class C; Approach Control at Class D Tower-Only
Airports; Conclusion.
14 Working with Air Route Traffic Control Centers on
VFR Flights
Center's Role in the Scheme of Things; The Centers
Around the Country; The Enroute Low Altitude Chart;
The Advantages of Center for the VFR Pilot;
Going From Departure to Center; Initiating the
Contact with Center; Enroute Frequency Changes
Enroute Advisory and Center; Center to Approach;
Conclusion.
15 In the Event of Radio Failure
One Preventive Step; When a Failure is Suspected;
When a Failure is Confirmed; Conclusion.
16 A Cross-country Flight: Putting it All Together
The Flight Route; Recording the Frequencies;
The Flight and Radio Contacts; Conclusion.
17 A Final Word
Abbreviations and Acronyms
Index
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