ASOS
The acronym ASOS stands for...
What is Automated Surface Observation System?
The acronym TACAN stands for...
What is Tactical Air Navigation (TACAN)?
The acronym VIDS stands for...
What is the Visual Information Display System (VIDS)?
The acronym ILS stands for...
What is Instrument Landing System (ILS)?
This is the carrier frequency of the localizer...
What is 329.3 MHz?
The 4 letter identifiers for all ASOS systems under MCAS Cherry Point responsibility and their locations...
What is KNKT/Centerfield, KNIS/Approach end of 32, KNJM/Bogue Field and KNBT/BT-11?
These are the Ground to Air and Air to Ground operating frequencies...
What are 962 MHz-1213 MHz and 1025 MHz-1150 MHz
This is the required password to log into the main terminal or remote desktop
What is VIDS_Support*?
This is the carrier frequency of the localizer...
What is 108.9 MHz?
This is the path width of the glideslope...
What is 1.4 degrees?
This serves as a data link between ASOS sensors and the Acquisition Control Unit (ACU)...
What is the Data Collection Package (DCP)
These are the modes of operation...
What are TACAN mode, Demand only mode and DME only mode?
This is the required password to log into a specific VIDS workstation
What is vids?
These audio signals are amplitude modulated onto our carrier frequency...
What are 90 Hz and 150 Hz?
The type of guidance provided to an aircraft by the glideslope...
What is vertical?
Class II ASOS systems have these 3 items that Class I ASOS systems do not have...
What is a UPS, Electromagnetic Interference (EMI) shielded DCP and a third pressure sensor?
This is the channel and operating frequencies of the MCAS TACAN...
What is 75x, 1162 MHz and 1099 MHz?
This program is associated with the ATIS broadcasting
What is ATISWAVE?
The type of guidance provided to an aircraft by the localizer...
What is horizontal guidance?
This is the optimal Glidepath angle for an aircraft landing when using the glideslope
What is 3 degrees?
This sensor is not used during summer months. When in use during winter months, it oscillates at a frequency of 40KHz.
What is the freezing rain sensor?
The TACAN can communicate with this number of aircraft up to this range or distance...
What is 250 aircraft and 200 nautical miles?
This is the procedure for restarting a workstation
What is sign into the affected workstation using the VNC application then either sign off OR restart the affected workstation OR manually cycle power at the workstation?
Type of antenna used in the localizer...
What is a dual frequency, 14/10, capture effect antenna?
This is how many CLEARANCE transmitters the glideslope has
What is ZERO?