COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE-TRANSMISSION RULES

090 COMMUNICATIONS
INTRODUCTION – WHY COMM. NEEDED ?

Weather
Air – Ground Traffic Information
Management

Emergency
Safety - Seperation
Urgency

Efficiency Navigation
More Direct Assistance
Routes
STANDARTS – WHO ESTABLISHES ?

Standards for Communication (equipment, standards and

procedures) are laid down in Annex 10.
 COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
Listen
Before transmitting, the pilot shall check the volume setting and listen to make sure about that
there isn’t any conversation on frequency.
Microphone
Distance of microphone from mouth should be adjusted correctly in order to communicate
clearly. The correct rate of speech is 100 words per minute.
Voice
The pilot shall speak in normal conversational tone and maintain the speaking volume at a
constant level.

Note: The pilot should depress transit switch before speaking and do not release it until after
finishing. A common fault is to release the button too soon.
PHONETIC ALPHABET – WHY ?

Difficult to hear clearly what is

said over the radio ?

Noisy environment ?

Poor reception ?

Similar words and numbers ?

PHONETIC ALPHABET – NUMBERS
COMBINATIONS

Call signs (TC-NEC)

Altimeter settings (1015 MB)
Flight levels (FL210) Each letter and digit
Wind velocity (20 KNOTS) is pronounced.

Frequencies (121.6)
Squawk Codes (4521)
COMBINATIONS
 TRANSMISSION OF TIME

• All time references should be made in Co-ordinated Universal Time (UTC) and using the 24 hour clock.
This time zone is sometimes referred to as Zulu (Z).
• When transmitting time, If there is no confliction about the hour, only the minutes of the hour can be
said. However, the hour should be included if there is any possibility of confusion.
COMBINATIONS – EXCEPTIONS

Altitude
Height Can be transmitted with
hundreds and thousands.
Visibility
Runway Visual Range (RVR)
ALTITUDE HEIGHT RUNWAY VISUAL RANGE