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Seven six, on the fritz! (Squawk 7600.) There’s an established, cut—and-dry procedure for when an IFR aircraft goes NORDO. Even without that handheld, you would
by danaliv 7y ago
Seven six, on the fritz! (Squawk 7600.) There’s an established, cut—and-dry procedure for when an IFR aircraft goes NORDO. Even without that handheld, you would’ve been fine.
Every airplane between you and your destination, on the other hand, would find themselves being rerouted.
- Patrick_Devine 7y agoI didn't mean to imply that we thought we were in any kind of imminent danger. There were three pilots (including myself) in the plane, all whom had trained in a highly congested area. My point was that having the handheld radio allowed us to trouble shoot the situation. Without the radio there would have been a lot higher workload and less of a margin for safety.
- FabHK 7y agoPlus you might've inadvertently blocked the frequency longer (for other participants) if you hadn't been able to diagnose it. So it was definitely a good thing you had the handheld aboard: even if there was no imminent danger for you, it would have been an inconvenience for many.