Poor maintenance on remote communication equipment.

Attributes
ACN	146573
Time
Date	199005
Day	Sun
Local Time Of Day	1201 To 1800
Place
Locale Reference	atc facility : jnu
State Reference	AK
Person 1
Affiliation	Other
Function	flight crew : single pilot
Qualification	pilot : instrument pilot : private
ASRS Report	146573
Person 2
Affiliation	government : faa
Function	other personnel other
Qualification	other
Events
Anomaly	other anomaly other
Independent Detector	other flight crewa
Resolutory Action	none taken : unable
Consequence	Other
Supplementary
Primary Problem	ATC Human Performance
Air Traffic Incident	other
Situations
ATC Facility	other physical facility

Narrative:

Jnu FSS rco 121.1 (robert barron mountain) is necessary as it is the only communications line for many remote areas of southeast ak. It is OTS most of the time. The facility used to be maintained by a competent private contractor and there were few problems. The new private contractor (XXX company) is incompetent and they admit they can't do the job. If FAA continues to ignore this problem, someone is going to be injured or killed because of no communication.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: POOR MAINTENANCE ON REMOTE COM EQUIPMENT.

Narrative: JNU FSS RCO 121.1 (ROBERT BARRON MOUNTAIN) IS NECESSARY AS IT IS THE ONLY COMS LINE FOR MANY REMOTE AREAS OF SE AK. IT IS OTS MOST OF THE TIME. THE FAC USED TO BE MAINTAINED BY A COMPETENT PVT CONTRACTOR AND THERE WERE FEW PROBS. THE NEW PVT CONTRACTOR (XXX COMPANY) IS INCOMPETENT AND THEY ADMIT THEY CAN'T DO THE JOB. IF FAA CONTINUES TO IGNORE THIS PROB, SOMEONE IS GOING TO BE INJURED OR KILLED BECAUSE OF NO COM.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of July 2007 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.