VHF Nav and Comm Equip

Catalog description

This course is an intermediate course designed to provide the student with an understanding of the principals of operation of VHF Aircraft communication and Navigation equipment. The student will gain experience in the construction, routing and installation of wiring harness including testing and troubleshooting for communication and navigational components. The student will become proficient at reading and interpreting wiring diagrams and instructional manuals, AC 43-13-1B, wire marking and identification, cable routing and wire chafe protection. The student will also become proficient at cannon plug installation, connector terminations, pin installation, crimping and solder connections, proper coaxial cable connections, testing signal loss, wire ring outs and harness termination at component racks in preparation for unit installation. The student will also be introduced to fiber Optics and the specific requirements for installation. An introduction to navigational data updates through the digital data bus will also be introduced and included in this course.