Garmin GPS 500 - Manual (Page 130)

GPS 500 Pilot’s Guide and Reference 7-8
SECTION 7
NRST PAGES
7.8 NEAREST FLIGHT SERVICE STATION
(FSS) PAGE
The Nearest Flight Service Station Page (Figure
7-15) 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 one or
more frequencies.
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.
Figure 7-15 Nearest FSS Page
Number of Pages in
Current Page Group
Position of
Current Page
within Current
Page Group
Current
Page Group
Cursor on
FSS Name
Bearing To and
Distance To
Frequency(ies)
VOR Identifier (For
Duplex Operation)
To quickly display 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 7.1.
2) Press the small right knob to activate the
cursor (Figure 7-15)
3) Turn the small right knob to scroll through the
list, selecting the desired FSS.
7.9 NEAREST AIRSPACE PAGE
The last page in the NRST group, the Nearest Airspace
Page (Figure 7-16) alerts the pilot to as many as nine
controlled or special use airspaces near or in the flight
path. Alerts are provided according to the following
conditions:
• If the projected course will take the aircraft inside
an airspace within the next ten minutes, the alert
message ‘Airspace ahead -- less than 10 minutes’
appears. The Nearest Airspace Page shows the
airspace as ‘Ahead’.
• If the aircraft is within two nautical miles of
an airspace and the current course will take
the aircraft inside, the message ‘Airspace near
and ahead’ appears (Figure 7-22). The Nearest
Airspace Page shows ‘Within 2nm of airspace’.
Figure 7-16 Airspace Message
• If the aircraft is within two nautical miles of an
airspace and the current course will not take the
aircraft inside, the message ‘Near airspace less
than 2nm’ appears (Figure 7-17). The Nearest
Airspace Page shows the airspace as ‘Ahead <
2nm’.
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