Nearest Flight Service Station (Fss) Page; To Quickly Tune An Fss’s Frequency From The Nearest Flight Service Station Page - Garmin GNS 430 Pilot's Manual & Reference

SECTION 8
NRST PAGES
8.8 NEAREST FLIGHT SERVICE STATION
(FSS) PAGE
The Nearest Flight Service Station Page (Figure 8-25)
displays the facility name, bearing to, and distance to the
five nearest FSS points of communication (within 200 nm
of the present position). For each FSS listed, the Nearest
Flight Service Station Page also indicates the frequency(ies)
and may be used to quickly tune the COM transceiver to
the FSS' s frequency. The selected frequency is placed in
the standby field of the COM Window and activated using
the COM Flip-flop Key.
For duplex operations, 'RX' and 'TX' indications
appears beside the listed frequencies, indicating 'receive
only' or 'transmit only' frequencies. The associated VOR
is also provided for reference.
VOR Identifier (For FSS Name
Duplex Operation)
Frequency(ies)
Current Page Group
Figure 8-25 Nearest FSS Page
8-10
Bearing To and
Distance To
Position of
Current Page
within Current
Page Group
Number of Pages in
Current Page Group
GNS 430(A) Pilot's Guide and Reference
To quickly tune an FSS's frequency from the
Nearest Flight Service Station Page:
1) Select the Nearest Flight Service Station Page,
using the steps outlined in Section 8.1 (Figure
8-25).
2) Press the small right knob to activate the
cursor.
Turn the small right knob to scroll through the
3)
list, selecting the desired FSS (Figure 8-26).
Figure 8-26 FSS Field Selected
4) Turn the large right knob to scroll down
the page (Figure 8-27), highlighting the
desired frequency (COM frequency[ies] or VOR
frequency for duplex operation).
Figure 8-27 Frequency Field Highlighted
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