Stuck Mike

"Bill Denton" wrote in message
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I wonder why no aircraft manufacturers or mod manufacturers have come up
with a nice, big, XMIT light mounted dead center on the panel.

It should be very cheap to do on a new aircraft, inexpensive when done in
connection with other radio installs, and not worth it as a stand-alone
mod.

And it would also provide a helpful visual cue for the folks who can't
seem
to manage to hit the PTT until they are halfway through their message!


Hi Bill,

The Bendix/King KX 155As in the C172SPs I trained in and am now renting will
(according to the Cessna Pilot Course textbook...) cut off the TX if the mic
has been keyed for longer than 33 seconds. Then the active frequency will
start blinking confirming you've been cut off. I've not had to test this
under fire yet...hope I don't have to.

Via scanner, I caught a stuck mic incident at Washington Reagan a couple of
months ago where ground control was blocked for a good half hour or so. The
tower had to handle everything and they were NOT happy about it. You could
almost make out conversations going on in the far background on the ground
frequency but unfortunately, I didn't get a chance to hear how it resolved
as I had to go board my flight.

Jay Beckman
Chandler, AZ
PP-ASEL