Speechless Code
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From: Wildest Surrey
NCNG is also a good one to remember; I personally have practiced it many times as a controller but not recently. Just saying 'turn right/left now' and 'stop turn now' while you count 4 sweeps of the radar (at 15 rpm) gives about 45 deg of turn.
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From: On the wireless...
My base uses the speechless code during most of our TRUCE sessions. We have our own target aircraft and combine speechless with NCNG and simulated emergency to short-pattern emergency SRA. We work our ATCOs pretty hard. The hardest thing is not to reply so I pull the mic plug out. After the code is explained the first question should really be 'is this a practice?' !
Clearly chevvron likes to get the occasional . . . . for homing. Maybe his new LARS trainees would like some out of the blue?
Clearly chevvron likes to get the occasional . . . . for homing. Maybe his new LARS trainees would like some out of the blue?
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From: SoCal
Actually, sometimes ATC uses two clicks to acknowledge my "switchoff (or frequency change) approved, and thanks for the service, PH-XXX". I don't think they mean "no" by that.
?Anyway, easy to remember - if speechless here, just click the other way
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From: Suffolk
two clicks
apart from being taught that (under the Oz syllabus) two clicks for affirmative, two clicks is intuitively more sensible - one click could be a mistake - two seems more of a definte action to me.
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From: Cambridge, England, EU
Now you come to mention it ... yes I was taught this, maybe in 1989, and have never used it[#] and have forgotten it. So yes, a reminder would be helpful.
I have, however, remembered some stuff about squawking 7600 and flying past the tower waggling wings and looking for a green light. (I've usually got a switched-off phone with me; I'm not sure I would bother to turn it on and call anyone - perhaps if I had a passenger with me to look up the phone number in Pooleys I might.)
And, probably most useful of all, I most certainly remember that the aeroplane doesn't know that the radio isn't working, and will keep flying perfectly happily.
[#] I once got "station calling xxx, carrier wave only" when calling for taxy, and that was enough for me to diagnose and fix the problem (headset plugged into wrong sockets).
I have, however, remembered some stuff about squawking 7600 and flying past the tower waggling wings and looking for a green light. (I've usually got a switched-off phone with me; I'm not sure I would bother to turn it on and call anyone - perhaps if I had a passenger with me to look up the phone number in Pooleys I might.)
And, probably most useful of all, I most certainly remember that the aeroplane doesn't know that the radio isn't working, and will keep flying perfectly happily.
[#] I once got "station calling xxx, carrier wave only" when calling for taxy, and that was enough for me to diagnose and fix the problem (headset plugged into wrong sockets).
