Being a bit of a radio nut I bought a airband handheld that can shut off transmit just to have a dedicated unit to monitor local air traffic. I wasn't quite sure where to start with it in relation to drone operations so this series was very helpful. Thanks!
Another GREAT Video Don! Thank you for this one, I know when we call out on the airplane radio we use our tail number to call the airport or talk to other plane in the area, looking forward to hearing how Drone pilots make their ident call out, this will be handy to drone pilots around lakes that have small planes popping in and out to private homes or cottages, summer or winter, to broadcast their intent or to notify them of Drone activity in the area, Im sure some pilots could rest easy on landing or take off knowing the person flying the drone has them in site See you on the Next Video Don! Gerald
Thanks, Gerald. And yes, I do go into the recommended call-sign in one of the next two videos (they're both mainline recorded...just going through the graphics now on part 2.)
As far as I know the most of the drones and control stations use frequency-hopping spread spectrum to transmit and receive data, so channel space such as 1 MHz doesn’t have any sense. Moreover, these frequency bands ( 2.4 and 5.15 GHz) are open for any other applications and not required any permission or license for transmitting data. So the approach of dividing the range by channel space leads to fixed number of channels, possible overlapping them and overloading the band. So there is a huge difference between organizing channels for radio communication between people (frequency modulation on fixed frequencies in dedicated and protected frequency range) and C2 channels (open and not protected frequency range) , which use FHSS. The video channels use FHSS too but mostly they use 5.15 GHz range.
Excellent, Excellent, Excellent....I just started to prepare for the advanced license and your content is very educational and easy to follow. Best ive seen so far. Question, can you recommend different tiers of radio I could use to listen air traffic communication ie entry level to mid level aend maybe pro? Thanks in advance.
Thank you, Joe! I'm glad you find my videos helpful! There isn't much out there with Canadian perspectives. Regarding the radio, I would start with a scanner, rather than a two-way radio. There are also apps and websites where you can listen, as I mention in another video in this series. ISED (aka Industry Canada) has refused at least one drone pilot's application for a permit for their two-way radio license (not their ROC-A, but rather the permit for the radio itself!), and so Transport Canada is re-thinking their guidelines for radio use.
Very good topic Don I have taken classes on this stuff as I work in Telecommunication but that was still different from What i saw on the test. As always great work explaining it
To use a 2-way base station, you need both a ROC-A operator's license and a base-station license. The latter is not required if the radio is on a manned aircraft.
Excellent tutoriel once again ☑️ .. NICe 👍 .. Can U recommend a uniden récepteur that I can purchase.. so as to listen 👂 and emit if need B like Un mentionnéd so .. Regards 😎
Thank you! I don't own an aviation radio or scanner, so I can't really recommend one. But if you do decide to purchase one, just get a scanner. TC is backing away from recommending drone pilots initiate calls on the Aviation Band.
Breaker breaker one-oh, we've got a smokey at mile marker nineteen north.... and i thought THAT was confusing listening to my father's CB radio jargin back in the day.
Hi William! The radio spectrum table, and other material from this Radio Knowledge series, is in my downloadable Advanced Study Guide, which with the latest revision v18a is now 250 pages. A link is in the description below the video.
