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Restricted Operator Certificate with Aeronautical Qualification (ROC-A)
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Restricted Operator Certificate with Aeronautical Qualification (ROC-A)
Administered by Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada (ISED)
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ICAO/ITU phonetic alphabet, procedure words (OVER, OUT, ROGER, WILCO, SAY AGAIN, STANDBY, CORRECTION), readbacks, and clear speech transmission technique.
MAYDAY, PAN PAN and SECURITE signals, priority of communications, distress message content, radio silence, relaying distress, and emergency use of radio.
Radiocommunication Act, ISED as spectrum authority, RIC-20/RIC-21, certificate validity for life, accredited examiners, and international recognition.
Calling procedure and message format, selecting the correct frequency, listening before transmitting, radio checks, no-reply procedures, and frequency changes.
Avoiding superfluous transmissions, prohibition of false signals and profane language, harmful interference, controlling station, and secrecy of communications.
VHF voice band 118-137 MHz, emergency frequency 121.5 MHz, line-of-sight propagation, altitude and range, and HF for long-range communication.
Aircraft registration call signs spelled phonetically, abbreviation rules, airline telephony designators, and ground station location-plus-function identifiers.
ELT purpose and activation, 406 MHz satellite alerting via Cospas-Sarsat, 121.5 MHz homing, false alerts, and pre-flight ELT checks.
Digit pronunciation (tree, fower, fife, niner, decimal), frequency and altitude transmission, UTC/Zulu time, and the 1-to-5 readability scale.
Push-to-talk operation, half-duplex single-channel radios, correct microphone distance and volume, stuck microphones, and blocked transmissions.
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