Old Buckenham Airfield (EGSV) radio calls
- Service
- A/G
- You call it
- Old Buckenham Radio
- Where
- Old Buckenham
- Elevation
- 194 ft
Frequencies
| Service | Frequency |
|---|---|
| Radio | 124.405unchecked |
These frequencies have not been checked. Confirm against the current AIP before flight.
Radio calls at Old Buckenham
Old Buckenham is an air/ground station, so the callsign is “Old Buckenham 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. The runway in these examples is the one in the CAP 413 example, not necessarily one of this aerodrome's: use the runway in use on the day.
Before taxi
Old Buckenham Radio 124.405
Old Buckenham Radio, G-ABCD, radio check one two four decimal four zero five and request taxi information.
G-ABCD, Old Buckenham Radio, readability five, runway two three, 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
124.405
G-ABCD, readability five also, taxiing for runway two three, 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
124.405
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
124.405
Roger, taking off, G-CD.
Tell the operator what you are doing, as CAP 413 §4.153 shows.
Downwind
124.405
G-CD, downwind.
G-CD, roger.
Final
124.405
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
124.405
G-CD, runway vacated.
G-CD, roger.
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