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FREQUENCE SURVEILLEE [2 records]

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Record 1 2019-11-27

English

Subject field(s)
  • Radiotelephony
  • Telecommunications Transmission
  • Aircraft Piloting and Navigation
DEF

An area that has a designated frequency published for use by any aircraft.

OBS

A CFA is intended to be used for air-to-air communications to provide pilots with an awareness of traffic in their vicinity. It is not a class of airspace and the CFA frequency is not monitored by ATC [air traffic control] nor is it for use at uncontrolled aerodromes.

OBS

common frequency area; CFA: designations and definition standardized by the Glossary for Pilots and Air Traffic Services Personnel Committee.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Radiotéléphonie
  • Transmission (Télécommunications)
  • Pilotage et navigation aérienne
DEF

Zone à l’intérieur de laquelle une fréquence désignée publiée peut être utilisée par tout aéronef.

OBS

Une CFA a pour but d’être utilisée pour les communications air-air et vise à donner aux pilotes une conscience situationnelle du trafic qui les entoure. Ce n’ est pas une classe d’espace aérien, et la fréquence de la CFA n’ est pas surveillée par l'ATC [contrôle de la circulation aérienne] et ne peut être utilisée aux aérodromes non contrôlés.

OBS

zone d’utilisation de fréquence commune; CFA : désignations et définition normalisées par le Comité sur le Glossaire à l’intention des pilotes et du personnel des services de la circulation aérienne.

Spanish

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Record 2 2019-06-11

English

Subject field(s)
  • Radio Waves
  • Surveillance, Detection and Reconnaissance (Military)
CONT

The control unit shows the status of the system and the most important information about the monitored frequency (or frequencies in case of multiple receivers in the system) and enables to suppress the detection of activities at frequencies which do not appear as dangerous.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Ondes radioélectriques
  • Surveillance, détection et reconnaissance (Militaire)

Spanish

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