Controller unable to use landlines when sector plug-in jack failed.

Attributes
ACN	154535
Time
Date	199008
Day	Mon
Local Time Of Day	0601 To 1200
Place
Locale Reference	atc facility : zid
State Reference	IN
Person 1
Affiliation	government : faa
Function	controller : radar
Qualification	controller : radar
Experience	controller radar : 9
ASRS Report	154535
Events
Anomaly	other anomaly other
Independent Detector	other controllera
Resolutory Action	other
Consequence	faa : investigated
Supplementary
Primary Problem	Navigational Facility
Air Traffic Incident	Intra Facility Coordination Failure other

Narrative:

Day high frequency 125.07 receivers failed. Had to work off overhead. Couldn't answer handoff lines through overhead. Condition took approximately 1 hour to fix. Callback conversation with reporter revealed the following: reporter stated the center was having a rash of radio frequency problems and failures for a month period. FAA technicians investigated problem and it has been resolved. With a sector plug-in jack failure interphones are not available to the radio controller and require another controller at a different position to do the ARTCC intrafac coordination.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: CTLR UNABLE TO USE LANDLINES WHEN SECTOR PLUG-IN JACK FAILED.

Narrative: DAY HIGH FREQ 125.07 RECEIVERS FAILED. HAD TO WORK OFF OVERHEAD. COULDN'T ANSWER HDOF LINES THROUGH OVERHEAD. CONDITION TOOK APPROX 1 HR TO FIX. CALLBACK CONVERSATION WITH RPTR REVEALED THE FOLLOWING: RPTR STATED THE CENTER WAS HAVING A RASH OF RADIO FREQ PROBS AND FAILURES FOR A MONTH PERIOD. FAA TECHNICIANS INVESTIGATED PROB AND IT HAS BEEN RESOLVED. WITH A SECTOR PLUG-IN JACK FAILURE INTERPHONES ARE NOT AVAILABLE TO THE RADIO CTLR AND REQUIRE ANOTHER CTLR AT A DIFFERENT POS TO DO THE ARTCC INTRAFAC COORD.

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.