Beccles (EGSM) radio calls
- Service
- A/G
- You call it
- Beccles Radio
- Where
- Beccles
- Elevation
- 80 ft
Frequencies
| Service | Frequency |
|---|---|
| Radio | 120.375unchecked |
| Radio | 120.380unchecked |
These frequencies have not been checked. Confirm against the current AIP before flight.
Radio calls at Beccles
Beccles is an air/ground station, so the callsign is “Beccles Radio”. The operator passes information about the aerodrome and what they can see. No clearances, no instructions, and no traffic service — every decision is yours. The exchange below follows CAP 413 Edition 24 §4.153.
Before taxi
Beccles Radio 120.375
Beccles Radio, G-ABCD, radio check one two zero decimal three seven five and request taxi information.
G-ABCD, Beccles Radio, readability five, runway zero nine, QNH one zero one five.
“Taxi information”, not “taxi”: at an air/ground station you are told what is in use, and whether and when to taxi is your decision — the operator never says “at your discretion” (CAP 413 Edition 24 §4.152). A radio check is the station, your callsign, the words “radio check” and the frequency you are on (§2.93).
Readback
120.375
G-ABCD, readability five also, taxiing for runway zero nine, QNH one zero one five.
G-CD, roger.
You say what you are doing — “taxiing for” — and the runway and pressure setting are read back (§2.69). “Roger” is all that comes back.
Ready
120.375
G-CD, ready for departure.
G-CD, roger, no reported traffic, surface wind two one zero degrees eight knots.
Nobody clears you for take-off. You are told the traffic and the wind, and the decision is yours.
Taking off
120.375
Roger, taking off, G-CD.
Tell the operator what you are doing, as CAP 413 §4.153 shows.
Downwind
120.375
G-CD, downwind.
G-CD, roger.
Final
120.375
G-CD, final.
G-CD, roger, surface wind two three zero degrees one zero knots.
An air/ground operator does not say “land at your discretion” and cannot clear you. “Roger” and the wind is the whole of it.
Vacated
120.375
G-CD, runway vacated.
G-CD, roger.
Nearby airfields
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