Hcf controller voiced concern regarding the on-going problems with 127.6 in certain areas; noting th...

Narrative:

I wrote this up as a safety event even though it should be [considered] a [systemic] safety problem. This is a known problem to all controllers and management. It happens so much that they have taken it for granted that we will just work around it. The problem is bad communications on 127.6 from aunti; and board; to apack and bitta. We have complained for years and nothing has changed. When a non-radar aircraft check into hcf's; they will check in on 127.6 (zoulu; aunti; board). May time; we will hear them initially and then not be able to hear them as they continue inbound. We will not know if they received our clearance and will continue to try to get a good read back. Today; I have specific aircraft that needed me to have them 'identify' to confirm they could hear me. This takes my attention away during a busy period to wait to see if they 'identify' or I may have to call them several times to see if they actually heard me. A lot of controllers just assume that they heard the clearance. I had to call several aircraft several times to see if they received my clearance. This wastes a lot of time and attention and is very distracting. Is there anyway they can try to fix the frequency? The controllers have lived with it so long that they don't even bother writing reports.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: HCF Controller voiced concern regarding the on-going problems with 127.6 in certain areas; noting the problem has existed for a long period and should be resolved.

Narrative: I wrote this up as a safety event even though it should be [considered] a [systemic] safety problem. This is a known problem to all controllers and management. It happens so much that they have taken it for granted that we will just work around it. The problem is bad communications on 127.6 from AUNTI; and BOARD; to APACK and BITTA. We have complained for years and nothing has changed. When a non-RADAR aircraft check into HCF's; they will check in on 127.6 (ZOULU; AUNTI; BOARD). May time; we will hear them initially and then not be able to hear them as they continue inbound. We will not know if they received our clearance and will continue to try to get a good read back. Today; I have specific aircraft that needed me to have them 'IDENT' to confirm they could hear me. This takes my attention away during a busy period to wait to see if they 'IDENT' or I may have to call them several times to see if they actually heard me. A lot of controllers just assume that they heard the clearance. I had to call several aircraft several times to see if they received my clearance. This wastes a lot of time and attention and is very distracting. Is there anyway they can try to fix the frequency? The controllers have lived with it so long that they don't even bother writing reports.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of July 2013 and automatically converted to unabbreviated mixed upper/lowercase text. This report is for informational purposes with no guarantee of accuracy. See NASA's ASRS site for official report.

Attributes
ACN	1005583
Time
Date	201204
Local Time Of Day	1801-2400
Place
Locale Reference	HCF.TRACON
State Reference	HI
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	B777 Undifferentiated or Other Model
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	Cruise
Flight Plan	IFR
Aircraft 2
Make Model Name	B737-800
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	Cruise
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Function	Approach Departure
Qualification	Air Traffic Control Fully Certified
Events
Anomaly	ATC Issue All Types

Hcf controller voiced concern regarding the on-going problems with 127.6 in certain areas; noting the problem has existed for a long period and should be resolved.