Aviation Education: HF Radios explained.

[@gerardmoran9560]

Great video! Recently retired Delta captain. I stayed domestic for my whole career, flew enough trans-oceanic back in my USAF days. The C-141 didn't have selcall and some nights the HFs were miserable. At times over the North Atlantic I couldn't reach Shanwick but heard pilots making reports over the Pacific or Indian Ocean (skipping off the ionosphere). We had a chart for selecting the best frequency. The higher the sun or more distant the station the higher the best frequency (11176 vs. 2282). As you likely know the Delta domestic routes include Canada, Mexico and the Carribean so I used HF now and then. It was sure nice to have selcall and SATCOMM as a backup. Happy landings!

[@flightlevelview2115]

Thank for watching and commenting Captain. Its been a while since i updated my videos but im gonna start again soon. Thank you for watching

[@이동규-g2w]

Hello! Thank you for your really nice explanations. Do we need to do position report(wpt time FL , estimating next wpt time , 3rd wpt) and selcal chk again at W150 even it’s the same CZAK FIR? Thank you

[@kelvinchow5721]

Great video and demo!! But what if we are CPDLC established and ADS connected, is the HF voice position report still mandatory?

[@flightlevelview2115]

Thanks for commenting. The CPDLC procedures are slightly different per country. SFO “KZAK” requires a quick HF call. Acronym: CARD CPDLC connection Aircraft Registration N number Airport Origin and Destination Most of the time lately normal scheduled flights don’t even have to do CARD

[@tonymcflattie2450]

Fun fact, hf radio gets around the earths curvature

[@flightlevelview2115]

Thanks for commenting

[@hangil94]

Thank you for your clip , I have a question. Why do you only call 89 instead of 8942 (8903) ?

[@flightlevelview2115]

Thank you for watching. Are you a pilot?

[@FerreiraWINGS]

Great video, thanks for sharing! Out of curiosity, what is that position number on the initial calls? I mean "DELTA 158 POSITION 89" and then "DELTA 158 POSITION 10".. Thanks =)

[@flightlevelview2115]

Thank you for watching and commenting. "89" are the first two digits of the HF frequency (8903) when communicating in HF "speak" you read off the first two digits instead of the whole HF frequency. I think I will make a quick part 2 on HF communications. DELTA 158 POSITION "07" I rewatched my video. I think you meant 07,,, that is the minutes of the hour (the UTC time that you crossed the way point ADNAP) All of these strange phraseology's are in Position Reporting chapter in the ICAO documents. Also are you a Subscriber or just a visitor?

[@FerreiraWINGS]

@@flightlevelview2115 Thank you so much for getting back to me. Ohh yeah.. I meant the "89" and "10" on initial calls. I got it, they were the frequencies, thanks for the explanation =) That was the first video I watched from your profile, I've just started following you here on KZbin. =)

[@flightlevelview2115]

@@FerreiraWINGS Thank you for Sub ing. I ask all my viewers this. Are you a pilot, dispatcher, mechanic, ATC controller, enthusiast?

[@FerreiraWINGS]

@@flightlevelview2115 I’m pilot as well. :)

[@Dannyp010]

Amazing stuff! So cool!

[@michaelmiller9719]

Very cool please explain the HF radio frequencies and how to enter them in the radio. Thankyou

[@flightlevelview2115]

Thank you for commenting. Are you a pilot by any chance? What exactly do you mean by “enter them in the radio”?

[@someone3.2007]

Woah this is way more complicated than VHF radios... Why do the waypoint names look like coordinates?

[@flightlevelview2115]

When you fly over the ocean (not on permanent airways) Your waypoints are coordinates.

[@flightlevelview2115]

In PACOTS (Pacific) and NAT (Atlantic) tracks the waypoints are coordinates

[@mi-789]

Great stuff! Thank you!

[@flightlevelview2115]

I haven't started the VMC video yet. FYI

[@mi-789]

@@flightlevelview2115 yeah I got that! I appreciate your consideration 👍