Radio Check & Initial Call

What this scenario covers

1. Exchange 1

   Make your initial radio check call to Sywell Information on 122.700.

   Model reply: “Sywell Information, Golf Bravo Foxtrot Romeo Tango, radio check, one two two decimal seven”

   💡 First contact uses your FULL callsign. Order: who you are calling, who you are, what you want. State the frequency for a radio check.

2. Exchange 2

   ATC: “Golf Romeo Tango, Sywell Information, readability five.”

   ATC has abbreviated your callsign, so you may now too. Acknowledge the readability report.

   Model reply: “Readability five, Golf Romeo Tango”

   💡 Once the ground station abbreviates your callsign you may use the abbreviated form. Read back the readability and include your callsign — "Roger" alone is not a readback.

3. Exchange 3

   Request the airfield information you need before departure.

   Model reply: “Golf Romeo Tango, request airfield information”

   💡 Prefix a request with your callsign so the controller knows who is calling. Keep it brief and standard.

4. Exchange 4

   ATC: “Golf Romeo Tango, runway two four, QNH one zero one three, one aircraft in the circuit.”

   Read back the information. QNH is a MANDATORY readback item.

   Model reply: “Runway two four, QNH one zero one three, Golf Romeo Tango”

   💡 The altimeter setting (QNH) is a mandatory readback item — always read it back in full. Reading back the runway confirms your situational awareness.