---------------------------------------------------------- Continental-List Digest Archive --- Total Messages Posted Sun 04/28/13: 1 ---------------------------------------------------------- Today's Message Index: ---------------------- 1. 08:03 PM - Great Flight - Bad Freq's (FLYaDIVE) ________________________________ Message 1 _____________________________________ Time: 08:03:31 PM PST US Subject: Continental-List: Great Flight - Bad Freq's From: FLYaDIVE Gang: Maybe this is slightly related to the FAA inspector and the POH issue. Saturday, I had a Great Flight out to Nantucket (KACK) for the Daffodil Festival. But it did not start out that way. I was flying out of Solberg (N51) in NJ. They have a VOR right on the field that has been down for maintenance for a while and there is a RCO for NY TRACON either in the VOR building or very close by. Well, I tried about 6 times while on the ground to contact NYAPCH... Three times on each radio - No luck - Then I tried once more, after I got to pattern altitude - No luck - So I changed frequency to 132.8 - No luck, of course I tried a few times on each Comm. Then switch frequencies to 126.4 and 127.8 - NO LUCK! While all of this radio work was going on I slowed down the plane and stayed at 2500' so as not to bust the NY Class B. I was flying with Susan and she suggested I contact Morristown (KMMU) since, we were getting close to their airspace. GREAT SUGGESTION! When I contacted them I explained I could NOT raise NY APCH on any of the frequencies, they told me to "stand-by". . . . . . . . . . They said, try 120.4, now that frequency is NOT on my Cheat Sheet of 10 frequencies. I gave them a call and BINGO! Not the fuel - ATC Answered. I Requested my heading and an altitude of 5500' - They cleared me into Class B, on my heading and to my requested altitude. So, what went wrong with the other four frequencies and the 19 times of trying to contact them? And how does this relate to the POH issue? It was suggested that the FAA is protesting the obama Budget Cuts - This could be their own version of the Blue Flu or an obama Backfire. Now, we all pick on the FAA at some point or another. But, if this is what is truly happening, the FAA could use our help and it is time that us GA pilots stand behind the FAA. Matter of fact, we should do something. If this is the way it is NOW before the tower closings it will only get worse once the towers are closed... Flight Following FORGET IT! Remember the Pay As You Go proposal that was voted down? If the towers close, how do you think they will get the money to reopen them? PAY AS YOU GO! ! ! So, who should I call, who should I be writing my letters to? *Barry* *PS: GANG - Put that frequency on your Cheat Sheet.* *VOR (SBJ) - Still Down - They are transmitting voice and radial signal - But, there is NO Morse Code. You know what that means!* *=93Chop=92d Liver=94* *"The reason Benjamin Franklin was such a great inventor was everything lay before him. The reason why we don't have great inventors today is, everyone is trying to reinvent the wheel"* ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Other Matronics Email List Services ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Post A New Message continental-list@matronics.com UN/SUBSCRIBE http://www.matronics.com/subscription List FAQ http://www.matronics.com/FAQ/Continental-List.htm Web Forum Interface To Lists http://forums.matronics.com Matronics List Wiki http://wiki.matronics.com Full Archive Search Engine http://www.matronics.com/search 7-Day List Browse http://www.matronics.com/browse/continental-list Browse Digests http://www.matronics.com/digest/continental-list Browse Other Lists http://www.matronics.com/browse Live Online Chat! http://www.matronics.com/chat Archive Downloading http://www.matronics.com/archives Photo Share http://www.matronics.com/photoshare Other Email Lists http://www.matronics.com/emaillists Contributions http://www.matronics.com/contribution ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- These Email List Services are sponsored solely by Matronics and through the generous Contributions of its members.