600840-000032 Stratus ESG Installation Instructions
Rev. 1.5
Last Revised: September 22, 2016
Page 14 of 47
IDENT
IDENT
(Identification)
Transponder feature that allows for aircraft to be
uniquely identified by Air Traffic Control by pulsing the
aircraft’s reply on ATC’s monitors for 18 seconds.
MHz
megahertz
1,000,000 hertz.
SBAS
Satellite-Based
Augmentation
System
System of satellites that augments existing satellite
systems and provides increased position accuracy.
STC
Supplemental
Type Certificate
Type Certificate issued when an applicant has received
FAA approval to modify an aircraft from its original
design.
TIS-B
Traffic
Information
Service-
Broadcast
Aviation information service broadcast provided to
aircraft using both 1090 MHz ES and UAT.
TSO
Technical
Standard Order
Minimum performance standard for specified materials,
parts, and appliances used on civil aircraft (FAA
definition).
VFR
Visual Flight
Rules
A set of regulations for flying in which the pilot flies
without using instruments in generally clear
meteorological conditions.
VHF
Very High
Frequency
Range of frequency between 30 MHz to 300 MHz.
WAAS
Wide Area
Augmentation
System
System of ground-based antennas whose precisely
known locations are used to correct satellite signals and
provide greater positional and integrity of service to
aircraft in flight.
