I have noticed that there is a strange limitation of the cockpit radios.
The frequency can only be tuned in steps of 0,05 (so for example a COM frequency of 115.11 MHz is not even possible!) and the COM frequency bandwidth is only available between 118.00 and 136.990 MHz:
The problem is because of this strange MHz tuning behaviour of the radios many ATIS frequencies simply cannot be tuned in because all cockpit radios cannot go lower than 118.00, but for example on EDDK both ATIS frequencies are on:
112.15 MHz
132.13 MHz
I don´t use radio but I need to tune in the ATIS for the QNH before landing.
How is this done to listen to the ATIS with such a narrow spectrum of COM frequency bandwith?
Is is planned to widen the frequency spectrum of the cockpit radios and make steps of 00.01 instead of 00.05 possible some day?
112.15 is the ATIS broadcasting over a VORTAC (need to use your NAV radio however I don’t know if it actually works). 132.13 would be placed in your COM radio as 132.130.
But it seem to be impossible in the Fenix to make the sound of the inner middle and outer marker of the runway, the ILS noises and the VOR noises (which means the ATIS that is transfered via VOR frequency) audible.
112.150 would be the other second ATIS frequency, and it should be possible to hear when turning the VOR volume switch fully up and switching to channel 1.
Sorry for these beginner questions but in all these years I have NEVER used any radio panels in an airplane
But now I try to manual tune in VORs and ILS frequencies, this is more easy and quicker than fully programming an approach in the MCDU in the next emergency landing situation
But for some reasons the iconic runway marker sounds “be-beep be-beep…” cannot be heard in the Airbus even with all volumes fully up.
An ATIS transmitted via VOR can also not be made audible.
