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Air Traffic Monitoring => Aviation Audio Clips => Topic started by: neillaferty on July 05, 2016, 08:15:04 PM

Title: KORD - Check for stuck mic, please
Post by: neillaferty on July 05, 2016, 08:15:04 PM

Nice passenger announcement on the approach freq.

Title: Re: KORD - Check for stuck mic, please
Post by: VASAviation on July 06, 2016, 05:20:00 AM

Hahahaha! Thanks for sharing!

Do you know date and time, please? :-)

Title: Re: KORD - Check for stuck mic, please
Post by: neillaferty on July 07, 2016, 09:40:55 AM

It was on Tuesday, July 5 at about 2312Z.  Chicago Approach 133.625.

Title: Re: KORD - Check for stuck mic, please
Post by: VASAviation on July 07, 2016, 12:20:08 PM

Thank you!! :-) :-)

Title: Re: KORD - Check for stuck mic, please
Post by: martyj19 on July 08, 2016, 07:51:55 PM

So everyone is clear, there is not a stuck mic in this clip.  There is a missed step to reset  the audio panel, so that the mic was routed to the com radio (as it almost always stays selected) rather than to the passenger intercom.  It is not terribly unusual to hear someone doing this.

Title: Re: KORD - Check for stuck mic, please
Post by: jdflyer on July 09, 2016, 01:48:25 PM

I agree this is not a stuck mic case.  In a real case, I alway wonder why someone always asks for everyone to check their mics.  Any aircraft radio I've ever used cuts off the reception while the mic is activated so the guilty party will never hear the pleas.  Are newer radios different?

Title: Re: KORD - Check for stuck mic, please
Post by: neillaferty on July 11, 2016, 10:25:53 AM

Obviously you're right. I think "check for stuck mic, please" was the controller's nice way of saying, "be careful what you're saying on the frequency, guys" in that moment. Plus it was just the easiest title I could come up with quickly. :)