CP.III.A.K4
KnowledgeAppropriate use of transponder(s).
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- Chapter 5. Air Traffic Procedures › Section 6. National Security and Interception Procedures › 5-6-13. Interception Procedures
Adhere to instructions relayed through the use of visual devices, visual signals, and radio communications from the intercepting aircraft. 2. Attempt to establish radio communications with the intercepting aircraft or with the appropriate air traffic control facility by making ... call on guard frequencies (121.5 or 243.0 MHz), giving the identity, position, and nature of the flight. 3. If transponder equipped, select Mode 3/A Code 7700 unless otherwise instructed by air traffic control…
- Chapter 4. Air Traffic Control › Section 5. Surveillance Systems › 4-5-7. Automatic Dependent Surveillance-Broadcast (ADS-B) Services
systems not integrated with the transponder, or systems with optional emergency codes, will require that the appropriate emergency code is entered through a pilot interface. ADS-B is intended for inflight and airport surface use. Unless otherwise directed…
- 14 CFR § 91.411 Altimeter system and altitude reporting equipment tests and inspections.
found to comply with appendices E and F of part 43 of this chapter; (2) Except for the use of system drain and alternate static pressure valves, following any opening and closing of the static pressure system, that system ... this chapter; and (3) Following installation or maintenance on the automatic pressure altitude reporting system of the ATC transponder where data correspondence error could be introduced, the integrated system has been tested, inspected, and found to comply with paragraph…
- Chapter 4. Air Traffic Control › Section 1. Services Available to Pilots › 4-1-20. Transponder and ADS-B Out Operation
used; for example, code 2102 will be expressed as “TWO ONE ZERO TWO.” NOTE-Circumstances may occasionally require ATC to assign a non-discrete code; i.e., a code ending in “00.” c. Automatic Altitude Reporting 1. Most transponders (Modes ... reporting. This system converts aircraft altitude in 100-foot increments to coded digital information that is transmitted to the appropriate surveillance facility as well as to ADS-B In and TCAS systems…
- Chapter 3. Airspace › Section 2. Controlled Airspace › 3-2-3. Class B Airspace
operations, a two-way radio capable of communications with ATC on appropriate frequencies for that area; and (c) Unless otherwise authorized by ATC, an operable radar beacon transponder with automatic altitude reporting capability and operable ADS-B Out equipment. NOTEATC ... from the 4096 transponder equipment requirement must be submitted to the controlling ATC facility at least one hour before the proposed operation. A request for a deviation from the ADS-B equipage requirement must be submitted using…
- Chapter 4. Air Traffic Control › Section 5. Surveillance Systems › 4-5-1. Radar
military bomber. Here again, the use of transponder or ADS-B equipment is invaluable. In addition, all FAA ATC facilities display automatically reported altitude information to the controller from appropriately equipped aircraft. (f) At some locations within ... route environment, secondary-radar-only (no primary radar) gap filler radar systems are used to give lower altitude radar coverage between two larger radar systems, each of which provides both primary and secondary radar coverage. ADS-B serves this same…