How can you determine if a route is beyond VHF coverage?

[de Pez]

That was a joke.

 

[Headfake14]

time of day will have an effect of total range too with effects from the Ionosphere.

I was climbing out of PFN (panama city, fl) one early morning before sunrise...we were getting bleed over from some place in Oklahoma with the ctr freq we were on. We heard both parties...a/c and that atc controller. Wasn't clear as day, but good enough.

 

[getonit]

Those other guys have it all wrong, it is directly proportional to how much aluminum foil you have on your head at the time to prevent damage from solar radiation and alien technoligies.

 

[Headfake14]

Those other guys have it all wrong, it is directly proportional to how much aluminum foil you have on your head at the time to prevent damage from solar radiation and alien technoligies.

well....what I said, AND that of course. I thought that was understood

like mopeds and your friends seeing..ect

 

[Beetle007]

Thanks for the help. I finally found the VHF frequency GAP area symbol.

 

[~~~^~~~]

What is your Ramp Operations is out of VHF coverage?

If you find no response on VHF and you want a response on VHF, you can try the techniques posted on this board or if that does not work - just make an incorrect call on 121.5 and after one of the three dozen guard police pilots get done responding with "helpful suggestions" see if any stick around to relay a message for you.

A variation of the same technique works with operations frequencies. Key the mike and say something about "free pizza" or "free booze from a charter flight in the schmalfrtizchscratch-bbreak-oom" The instant they call back to enquire about the "free pizza" you hit them with the request for ground power, a lav dump, potable water service and second call for wheelchairs.

Works like rining a bell I tell ya!

Sometimes it pays to think like a ramper. Back when I worked at a smaller airline, we could even gossip over the hot mike "I think our blond flight attendant kind of has the hots for that ramper with the silver sunglasses" knowing the ramper could hear us during the push. Guess who's airplane would get parked first on the go-home leg?