Radio check at Springbank (CYBW)
Practises the standard radio check: calling the ground station, giving your full callsign, and reading back the signal report on the standard 1-to-5 readability scale (TC AIM COM 5.9 / RAC; ICAO Doc 9432 Manual of Radiotelephony, ch. 3).
The situation
You are the pilot of C-GABC, a Cessna 172 at Springbank (CYBW), avionics just powered up. Before doing anything else you want to confirm your radio is transmitting and receiving properly. Call Springbank Ground for a radio check.
Practise this call →Sources
- TC AIM COM 5.9 / RAC (readability scale and radio check procedure)
- ICAO Doc 9432 Manual of Radiotelephony, ch. 3 (test procedures)
- Canada Flight Supplement: Ground 121.8, runway 17
- local knowledge: the apron
Related practice
Radio check at Langley Regional (CYNJ)
the same call at Langley Regional
Takeoff clearance at Springbank (CYBW)
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