It is standard ICAO terminology.  It has been used by radiotelephone operators (commercial, professional and amateur) for decades.  Gotta put the kids to bed, but a quick look here shows some standard radiotelephony terms:  http://www.wrrl.org/operating/icao_radiotelephony.htm

Thanks Don!

It is a phrase that I hear almost as often as "Traffic Traffic Decend decend"   but is it an acceptable phrase for controllers to use?

Normally when I fly I do be Voice receive  and 7 out of every 10 controllers  starts the conversation asking "How do I read"

I googled "How do I read 7110.65" hoping the phrase would show up,  but it probably wasn't my brightest idea

But in all seriousness,  is this just one of those "Vatsimisms"    Would their be a better way to ask pilots?  and where do Controllers get the phrase from???

There's no rule against it.....  I think this approach is quite fair and certainly keeping in the spirit of the rules.

Thanks for clearing it up Don

Simulation Matt, Simulation

Keyboard failure?  not sure that is covered in the QRH though..

I need to find a date asap </3

I hate being in a different timezone,  daylight savings has me all confused,  humm

I would recommend trying a new Vox server if you haven't already,

I had that same problem a few times when I used the rw server, and once I changed I could select Headset

Edit:  dupe post,

How do I remove this post?

Greetings everyone!
I am a bit new to vatusa, though I have taken the basic atc test a few times and have not passed. Any Advice? And also, will I have to take any tests after the basic atc? Thanks for your help!

Best regards,
Anthony.

Welcome to VATUSA!

in my opinion you shouldn't worry too much about the basic exam,  most of the questions should be based on material from the VATUSA training section  Here
If you don't pass,  review the answers and learn from the mistakes,   it may take a few attempts but you will get there!

when you start actually controlling,  The main thing will be making sure that the Green blimps Never touch,  Its the red ones that cause the problem

And to answer your last question   yes,  there will be more test,  when you get moved up the ranks as a controller, (i.e S1 S2 S3 ect) you will have a test similar to the one you already took,  but they are much easier and your Instructor will help you prepare for it!

All this is from memory,  their may be 1 or 2 small things i left out,  but Hopefully this helps

See you on the scopes!