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Major VATSIM USA Trial - CTAF - Everything YOU Need to Know [4K]
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- Опубліковано 21 лют 2024
- CTAF - another way of saying "Unicom" is a trial starting on the 1st March 2024 within VATSIM USA and it'll be running for up to 6 months...
In this video, we go through CTAF in as much detail as I can, including:-
- What is CTAF?
- How do I find the CTAF Frequencies?
- Where do I find more information?
- When do I use the CTAF frequencies?
- Are there any special rules?
... and more!
For more information, check out the VATSIM AIP here my.vatsim.net/pilots/aip to find airfield information including the CTAF frequencies you may need for flights during the trial
Also check out the CTAF Trial FAQs here: my.vatsim.net/learn/frequentl...
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Navigraph.com and their chart subscriptions cover them as shown in the video, or head to skyvector.com/ and use the sectional charts there.
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- BIG HELP! In vPilot, type .ctaf then the airport icao code for example .ctaf KJFK and it will give you the correct CTAF Freq. you will need!
- Spotted the weird UA-camy glitch at 8:43 - 8:57? Don't worry you haven't missed any detail in the charts 🙂 not sure why it has happened either but probably caused during production/rendering 😂✈️
I'm slowly starting to make the decision to start getting into Vatsim. I've watched the videos for quite a while now. These videos are nice because it tells you in depth what to expect when a person does decide to start there journey in.
Interesting, looking forward to test it when flying in the us next week. Thx for the explanation 👍
Thanks for this Luke. I do fly in the US from time to time. This is gonna add to the pilot workload in jets, but I’m up for the challenge. Thanks for the clear explanation. Lee
thank Luke, this is very useful, I'll need work out to add this to VSR to make it more useable - about time you did a VSR video :)
Finally!! I've been looking forward to this for years. I love Pilot edge network but it is very limited in the coverage area. Having this on Vatsi is a game changer! I do think though that further training should be available to pilots especially new ones.
I LIKE IT!!! Gonna go play now
This is fantastic for VFR flying
I also noticed that you get a transponder code automatically assigned when starting a vatsim flight in the US. Its quite a cool feature
The auto-clearance is great, I have suggested they add the departure and arrival CTAF frequencies to it so people can find what they are easily via the auto-clearance too
To be honest that feature, and the feature in vatsim uk airspace where you get a stand via telex during the descent should be stuff that’s implemented across the network.
@@Vinny86100 I'm still yet to get a text with auto stand assignments in UK airspace 😂
@@BritishAvgeek 😆really? Have you got a up to date Hoppies login? I found out mine was out of date. But on the descent about 10-15 mins out I get a TELEX saying a stand. Love the feature.
@@BritishAvgeek 🤣Really? Have you made sure your Hoppie login is up to date? I found out mine was out of date. It's a great feature and helps with planning.
From my fairly limited unicom experience in European airspaces, I can see this being a really good idea, but it'll take some getting used to. The fewer the number of special cases the better!
The only special cases are the ones mentioned 🙂
@@BritishAvgeek There are more, so always check the charts. "The below list is not all encompassing but covers some of the more common special cases"
Hilarious. Most pilots can't use the current unicom properly. Now the VATSIM skies will get even more lonely when ATC is offline. LOL.
I agree 100%
it'll be interesting to see how the trial goes
I’ve never had a problem with the current way. Things are done. However, if they are going to do this, they ought to figure out how to get it. Things implemented into the pilot. Would make things a lot simpler.
I've suggested that they add it to the auto-clearance if possible so you get your relevant CTAF frequencies for your flight pinged to you on vpilot in text. Probably difficult to implement and maintain though so it'll be charts like the real world
"Common traffic advisory frequency"
CTAF
Great stuff. Quick question tho, ctaf has same freq as primary tower. What happens when Tower is online? Because technically you would announce your position on ctaf for approach (or departure) but the freq is already taken...
Good question! If Tower is already online for the airport you're flying into you naturally wouldn't be able to use it for an "early call" to say you're inbound. Instead, I'd use unicom 122.800 and announce my position about 15nm away before changing to tower to speak to ATC when establishing on approach
I may have missed this, apologies if I did, but what frequency do we use once outside of CTAF range of our airport if the center controller is not online? Would we still use 122.8?
Yeah I mentioned it - perhaps not separately in itself but yeah for the rest of the flight we would use normal unicom basically
I can imagine it will be a bit confusing at first. That is a lot of "little" freq's to remember. Hopefully ATC will advise on which freq to switch to???
It will be on the vfr charts
Yeah no need to memorize. Every airport has a CTAF frequency on FAA sectional charts.
I expect ATC will give a call giving the ctaf for the airport your approaching like they do with unicom. Something like "frequency change approved, XXXX CTAF 119.9"
@@codygarland3246 Possibly so, but they generally don't in the real world. They usually say "Change to advisory frequency is approved" and expect you to know the frequency.
Yeah it'll likely be "frequency changed approved" or "monitor ctaf" etc
Will Vatsim pilots flying on the same CTAF freg be able to hear other pilots who are on the same CTAF freq.? Using the unicom freq I never hear any other pilots while active on Vatsim?
When there's no ATC and we're on 122.8 and coming up on our destination, should we self-announce our frequency change to the destination CTAF? i.e. "Bar Harbor traffic , N123 15 miles south of Bar Harbor airfield, switching to airfield CTAF, Bar Harbor" or similar?
If there are others around you it may be a good idea to do so, but otherwise I'd just change and focus transmitting on the specific CTAF freq instead. :)
Sounds like a good idea, unicom is atis for JFK (I think) and I struggle to hear others talking with that on repeat. I see it being abit of a mess to start off with but once we all get used to it im sure it will be good. Do you think it is something they might implement into European airspace?
? Are u sure about that ? Never had this issue. Maybe its your comm2 which is connected to atis
122.8 is a reserved frequency in the real world. It is not any airport's ATIS frequency.
ill need to double check that@@homasas4837
Check your ATIS frequency or your in-sim settings to make sure the simulators own ATC is off because that's you're likely problem there.
It technically isn't used in Europe but I can see it being very useful anyway there too
how do you tell if the appropriate airport needs a 'contact me' for the push back
@@nxckdev major airports will have apron control info in the charts so easiest is to read through those
This trial is gonna be an absolute mess across VATUSA as they are literally fixing stuff that's not broken. Absolutely shocking
They're making it as realistic as it can possibly be... It's a huge change, and needs people to not only understand how it works but use it correctly too for it to be a success.
I think it's a great idea, especially now they've increased the unicom range massively causing tons of clutter in busier areas like JFK/EWR/BOS/LGA for an example
@BritishAvgeek Agreed, however getting people to actually use unicom is not easy. The amount of times I get cut off on localiser by a clueless pilot is astounding.
We will see if this helps to reduce these incidents.
@@BritishAvgeekwhile that would offload some of the traffic from unicom - the ones flying into smaller airports, the majority of people are still flying into and out of the big international ones, which don't have a ctaf frequency - so the NY problem will persist, unfortunately
@@bearded_toad we mentioned it in the video with Special Cases but also what to do if there isn't a CTAF frequency because VATSIM has designated the Tower frequency to fall back as a CTAF if no ATC is online... So there is a ctaf for it for this trial as I showed in the video (do watch it, it's designed to give you this info) 😎
@@BritishAvgeekWell, I stand corrected then, must've missed that part in their post.
This tutorial would be even better without background music.
The music is at a pretty low volume and is meant to be there as a background noise filler
@@BritishAvgeek Thanks for replying! Yeah, I know. But especially in the first half it distracted me a little. Maybe experiment with some tracks that are a little more chill? I normally listen to techno but when I really want to listen I choose sth else or silence.
But your content is great - thanks for your continuous efforts!
Won't affect me. I NEVER, literally, fly in the US whether online or not.
If it works well in the US, it will probably be implemented everywhere on vatsim.
@@homasas4837 CTAF is mainly used in NA and Australia. In Europe they usually have a single common frequency to use in case you fly into an airport with no tower - which is not nearly as common as in the US, for example.
@bearded_toad the idea behind isn't about the uncontrolled airport but more about the big airport without atc connected. Like in london for instance where you can hear traffic from all airports on Unicom. It will be a real improvement for everywhere. Not even speaking about how boring it is to spend all the flight session on 22.8
@@homasas4837 except there's no ctaf-like frequency for any of the London airports, so you'd still have to use unicom
Fair enough, though it may expand further if it's a success!