"Somebody check your mike on the radio, please..."

"George Patterson" wrote:

Why should they be?

They're using flight following.

It was certainly not my practice.

It certainly is mine.

--
Dan
C172RG at BFM

You mentioned 'entering class-B', IFR or not it's definitely to your benefit
to contact ATC well before you get there, if only for traffic advisories if
nothing else.

"George Patterson" wrote in message
news_0gf.2543$BU2.2052@trndny01...
Michael Ware wrote:
Kinda sounded like 'most will be talking to ATC'. IFR or VFR they will
be
handled the same as far as comm. goes.

If they're VFR, they almost certainly will *not* be talking to ATC before
trying
to contact the class-B controller.

George Patterson
If a tank is out of ammunition, what you have is a sixty ton
portable
radio.

Why should they be? It was certainly not my practice.

What =is= your practice when entering class B?

Jose
--
He who laughs, lasts.
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wrote:
Actually, a lot of radios have a time out feature


I think I read somewhere the Garmin 430/530 has this feature.

As does the KX-155. As far as I know, all the new radios do.

A Lieberman wrote:
On Sat, 19 Nov 2005 22:32:57 GMT, Dave Stadt wrote:

There are actually a few situations in which the aircraft with a
stuck mike might hear the transmissions. Granted they are not
common, but they are neither impossible nor contrived.

And on a Unicom frequency those would be what?

Lets expand this a tad further..... any frequency.

The absolute time I could ever think that someone heard that they had
a stuck mike would be if they were listening in on a handheld radio,
otherwise, I cannot think of any situations.

Allen

Depends on the location of the hand mike. I've seen situations where the
pilots knee pushed the transmit button intermittently so the stuck mike
situation was not constant. In this case he might be able to hear the
"stuck mike warning" transmission. It's happened to me.

--

Darrell R. Schmidt
B-58 Hustler History: http://members.cox.net/dschmidt1/
-

You'll never have to worry about ME doing that, Jay!


Jay Honeck wrote:
If I hear this ONE more time on Unicom, I'm going to scream!

Is it *really* possible that one can be a certificated pilot, and *NOT*
know that it's impossible to receive AND transmit at the same time?

Is it *really* possible that a certicated pilot would transmit a
statement like this into the ether, expecting the guy with the stuck
mike to actually be able to HEAR what he's saying?

Sadly, the answer is "yes". We hear it almost every time there's a
stuck-mike situation.

Truly scary...

I'll take a hundred guys saying "Any other traffic, please advise..."
over THIS kind of stupidity.
--
Jay Honeck
Iowa City, IA
Pathfinder N56993
www.AlexisParkInn.com
"Your Aviation Destination"

Gene Seibel wrote:
Some 2-way
radios we used in broadcasting had timers that shut them down after 5
minutes because they weren't designed for full time duty cycle. That
wouldn't be a bad idea either.

Most programmable communications transceivers have a timeout feature
(with selectable delay). Really helps in stuck mike situations (and
pulls the rug out from under long-winded people, too). All 2-way
transmitters should be so equipped.

David Johnson

"Henry K." wrote in message
oups.com...
You'll never have to worry about ME doing that, Jay!

Henry! Where ya been, man?!

Good to hear from you (so to speak) again. How's the plane/flying/life been
treating you?
--
Jay Honeck
Iowa City, IA
Pathfinder N56993
www.AlexisParkInn.com
"Your Aviation Destination"

Jose wrote:

What =is= your practice when entering class B?

When entering a class-B, I call up approach at the appropriate time. I will not
be talking to ATC prior to that transmission.

George Patterson
If a tank is out of ammunition, what you have is a sixty ton portable
radio.

When entering a class-B, I call up approach at the appropriate time. I will not be talking to ATC prior to that transmission.

An appropriate time is outside of class B, when approaching to enter.
This is the time we are discussing.

Jose
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He who laughs, lasts.
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