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COMMUNICATIONS
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deHavilland Dash 8 100/300 23 - Communications
Table of Contents Operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Normal Operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
COMMUNICATIONS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Description. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 PASSENGER ADDRESS AND ENTERTAINMENT
Communications Systems. . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 SYSTEM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
VHF Communications System. . . . . . . . . 6 Description. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Audio Integrating System. . . . . . . . . . . 6 Components. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Attendant’s Interphone System. . . . . . . . . 6 Cabin Interphone Control Unit . . . . . . . . 28
PA and Entertainment System . . . . . . . . . 8 Attendant’s Control Panel . . . . . . . . . . 28
Cockpit Voice Recorder System . . . . . . . . 8 Handset/Cradle Unit . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Attendant’s Annunciator Panel. . . . . . . . 30
VHF COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEM (KING) . . . . 10 Passenger Service Units (PSU). . . . . . . 30
Description. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 Power Supplies and Grounds . . . . . . . . 30
Components. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 Operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Antennas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 Flight Crew to Passengers Address . . . . . . . 32
Control Unit. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 Flight Attendant to Passengers Address. . . . . 32
Operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 Passengers to Flight Attendant Call . . . . . . . 34
Frequency Selection . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 Mask Mic/Headphones. . . . . . . . . . . . . .34
Channel Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 PA Audio Levels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Program Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 PA Emergency Power . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Receive Mode. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 ‘No Smoking’ and ‘Fasten Seat Belts’ Warning . 38
Transmit Mode. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 System Lights. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
VHF COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEM (COLLINS) . . 16 PASSENGER BRIEFING SYSTEM (PBS-400) . . . 40
Description. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 General . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Components. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 Description. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Antennas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 Operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Control Unit. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 AUDIO INTEGRATING SYSTEM . . . . . . . . . . 42
Description. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
UNIVERSAL UNILINK SYSTEM - UL-701 . . . . . 24 Components. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Description. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24 Operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Components . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24 Multiplexing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
CDU - Flight Management Systems . . . . . 24 Modes of Operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Figure 1 – Communications
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The antenna for each VHF communications system is a The PUSH TST switch will alternately enable and disable
vertically−polarized type; impedance is 50 ohms nominal. the squelch circuit when pressed. The squelch circuit
in the receiver provides noise quieting in the absence
Control Unit of a received signal. With the receiver in this state of
The No. 1 COMM control unit and the No. 2 COMM operation, the PUSH TST is pressed once to permit noise
control unit are identical. The front panel of each control pickup (squelch disabled) needed to set receiver volume
unit (labeled COMM), contains a display window, level. Pressing PUSH TST a second time returns the
‘transfer’ switch, a pushbutton switch labeled CHAN, a receiver to the quiet state.
Control Unit When the system is switched on, two frequencies are
normally always being displayed. The top frequency,
The No. 1 COM control unit and the No. 2 COM control called the active (ACT) frequency, is the frequency to
unit are identical. The lower half of the front panel of which the transceiver is tuned. The bottom frequency
each control unit (labeled COM) contains the frequency displayed is called the preset frequency. These
selection controls, power/mode rotary selection switch two frequencies would be the same frequencies
with positions identified OFF, ON, SQ OFF (squelch
Figure 11 – PA Components
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Figure 12 – PA Amplifier
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Description
The Digital Passenger Briefing system is comprised of a
remote computer unit and a control unit. The control unit
is mounted in the area immediately above the wardrobe
closet. The remote computer is mounted to the ceiling of
the wardrobe just behind the control unit. Electrical power
for the Briefing system is supplied from the 28 V DC bus
1 via a circuit breaker labelled as "PASS BRIEF" and
located at (L5) in the electronics circuit breaker panel.
Provision for updating the audio in the remote computer,
is accomplished via a 25 contact connector on the unit.
Operation
The PBS400 computer memory is programmed to store
Digital audio information. To play the message, the
PBS400 computer recalls the message from memory,
translates the digital information into "recordertype"
electrical signals, and sends these signals to the existing
Aircraft Public address audio system (P.A.Amplifier). The
PBS400 has a self test feature that is activated during its
power up
Components
Two types of static dischargers are used: DD−2 (trailing
edge discharger) and TID−1 airfoil tip discharger. Type
DD−2 is approximately 6−3/8 inches in length, and
type TID−1 is approximately 4 inches in length. On Pre
Mod 8/0887 aircraft, twenty type DD−2 dischargers are
installed: four on each aileron trailing edge, two on each
elevator trailing edge, one on each elevator tip trailing
edge and six on the rudder trailing edge. On aircraft
with Mod 8/0887, nineteen type DE−2 dischargers are
installed: four on the left aileron trailing edge, three
on the right aileron trailing edge, two on each elevator
trailing edge, one on each elevator tip trailing edge,
and six on the rudder trailing edge. Four type TID−1
dischargers are installed: one on each wing tip and one
on each elevator tip. Each static discharger consists of
a semi−flexible resistive element covered with shrink
tubing, a wire bundle protruding from the trailing end and
a threaded portion at the leading end for mounting. Each
discharger is mounted by screwing the threaded end of
the discharger into a tapered sleeve adapter which in turn
is secured to the discharger base by means of a screw.
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COMMUNICATIONS
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deHavilland Dash 8 100/300 23 - Communications
DHC-300 Differences −− A combined push on/push off switch−volume
control, labeled SERV/INT, for interphone
communication with ground crew members. The
Audio Integrating System switch contains a light which comes on when the
switch is selected ’on’.
Audio Control panel
−− A BOOM − MASK selector switch, to enable
The audio control panel contains: use of either boom microphone or oxygen mask
−− Five combined push on/push off switch−volume microphone.
controls for selection of the following −− A HOT MIC selector switch. In the ON position
communications system receiver−transmitters: the boom, mask, and hand microphones are
VHF1, VHF2, HF, UHF, and FM (Note that not automatically and continuously keyed (’hot’) for
all of these systems may be installed in a given interphone mode only.
aircraft). Each switch contains a light which comes
on when the switch is selected ’on’.
−− Seven combined push on/push off switch−volume
controls for selection of the following navigation
system receivers: VOR 1, VOR 2, DME 1, DME 2,
ADF 1, ADF 2, and MKR (marker beacon) (Note
that not all of these systems may be installed in a
given aircraft). Each switch contains a light which
comes on when the switch is selected ’on’.
−− Microphone/interphone rotary selector switch
with the following positions: VHF1, VHF2, HF,
UHF, FM, INT (interphone), and PA (passenger
address).
−− A combined push on/push off switch−volume
control, labeled SPKR VOL, for the associated
flight compartment speaker, pilot and copilot’s
only. The switch contains a light which comes on
when the switch is selected ’on’.