[bvipilots] Re: Can a fellow BVI pilot give me some UT2 tips on confirming traffic timing back to the ATC without stepping on everyone's audio traffic?

  • From: Robert Cezar <robert@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: bvipilots@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Fri, 4 Oct 2013 10:26:56 -0700

Hello,

You say, "Acknowledge command" to ATC and you get a "squeal" sound, because
ATC is communicating with another aircraft. Try using the simple phrase...

"Try again."

and try to sneak in between other planes.

I hope this helps.

Robert








On Fri, Oct 4, 2013 at 8:34 AM, Ron Kolesar <kolesar16417@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>wrote:

> How much time to you recommend that I wait for and how do I know when it
> is my turn to reply back to ATC without stepping on anyone's audio traffic?
> Thanks.
>
>
>
>
> Ron and current Leader Dog boz who states
> "that a service dog beats a cane paws down any day of the week."
> -----Original Message----- From: hadi
> Sent: Friday, October 04, 2013 4:58 AM
> To: bvipilots@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [bvipilots] Re: Can a fellow BVI pilot give me some UT2 tips on
> confirming traffic timing back to the ATC without stepping on everyone's
> audio traffic?
>
>
> I hate traffic add-ons now, but since you're asking.
> in MSATC, The priority is the controller. that means the controller will
> instantly transmit something if  he has to. but AI pilots  do not
> readback instructions fastly. they wait abit then readback.
>
> On 10/4/2013 6:29 AM, Ron Kolesar wrote:
>
>> Hi to all.
>> I am enjoying the new program Ultimate traffic version2.
>> All I had to do is just simply keep clicking on next when I installed the
>> program.
>> It automattically loads when you click on the FSX icon to fire up FSX.
>> It is a cool program.
>> But here is my problem.
>> In short.
>> When the ATC contacts you and give you your instructions, when is a good
>> time to jump back in to hear the confirmation coming back to ATC through
>> the soundcard and speakers.
>> Usually what I like to do is as soon as ATC is finished with my
>> instructions, I try to immediately try to read them back. In short I try to
>> take advantage of that empty air space or that silence on the radio to read
>> back the instructions back to the ATC when they are finished talking.
>> But there have been times when we get a huge pile up of com traffic and
>> the ATC is giving instructions to everyone.
>> But you still have some empty space on the radio in between the birds
>> calling back to that ATC.
>> In short.
>> When is it the best time to reply back to the ATC?
>> How do you know when it is the best time to read back the instructions
>> that the local ATC just gave to you without stepping on anyone's audio
>> traffic??
>> I sure could use some timing tips.
>> I've ran a talking stopwatch and tried waiting five and ten seconds of
>> empty com time listening to empty statick when the com traffic with no luck.
>> I wait five seconds, ten seconds or what to make sure that the frequency
>> is clear and that I don't step on anyone's traffic and I'm not repeatting
>> my traffic about three or four times.
>> Because IYP hears me, but until I can get my timing down, UT2 doesn't
>> hear me until I repeat the traffic confirmation about three or four times.
>> Will deeply appreciate the help.
>> I had to get a refund for radar contact since the disk was damaged.
>> So waiting for a new compy of radar contact.
>> But for those BVI pilots.
>> With the extra traffic going off all around you.
>> You get better audio clues on which bird is in front of you and which
>> birds are around you by having everyone and the ATC traffic going off back
>> and forth.
>> You also can see which birds are landing in front of you as well.
>> Just like the sight can do with their normal eye sight.
>> I think UT2 pretty much gives us our normal eye sight via our ears.
>> There is a UT2 demo out on the flight one web page.
>> I highly recommend that you down load it and play with it.
>> This is my two cents on the UT2 program.
>> Thanks for the help.
>>
>> Ron and current Leader Dog boz who states
>> "that a service dog beats a cane paws down any day of the week."
>> Blind and Visually impaired Pilots mailinglist
>> //www.freelists.org/list/**bvipilots<//www.freelists.org/list/bvipilots>
>> To post a message to the list, send a message to
>> bvipilots@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> To unsubscribe, send a message to
>> bvipilots-request@freelists.**org <bvipilots-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> and
>> put the word unsubscribe in the subject of your message.
>> For other options such as digest, send a message to
>> bvipilots-request@freelists.**org <bvipilots-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> and
>> put the word help in the subject of your message.
>>
>
> Blind and Visually impaired Pilots mailinglist
> //www.freelists.org/list/**bvipilots<//www.freelists.org/list/bvipilots>
> To post a message to the list, send a message to
> bvipilots@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> To unsubscribe, send a message to
> bvipilots-request@freelists.**org <bvipilots-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> and
> put the word unsubscribe in the subject of your message.
> For other options such as digest, send a message to
> bvipilots-request@freelists.**org <bvipilots-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> and
> put the word help in the subject of your message.
> Blind and Visually impaired Pilots mailinglist
> //www.freelists.org/list/**bvipilots<//www.freelists.org/list/bvipilots>
> To post a message to the list, send a message to
> bvipilots@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> To unsubscribe, send a message to
> bvipilots-request@freelists.**org <bvipilots-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> and
> put the word unsubscribe in the subject of your message.
> For other options such as digest, send a message to
> bvipilots-request@freelists.**org <bvipilots-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> and
> put the word help in the subject of your message.
>



-- 


AOPA Member No: 06936977

Other related posts: