ATC equipment problem frequency 128 pt 2 main and standby transmitter weak. No buec available.

Attributes
ACN	269622
Time
Date	199404
Day	Wed
Local Time Of Day	1201 To 1800
Place
Locale Reference	atc facility : elp
State Reference	TX
Altitude	msl bound lower : 20000 msl bound upper : 20000
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Controlling Facilities	artcc : zab
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	B737 Undifferentiated or Other Model
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	descent other
Route In Use	enroute : direct
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	government : faa
Function	controller : radar
Qualification	controller : radar
Experience	controller non radar : 2 controller radar : 10
ASRS Report	269622
Person 2
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : captain oversight : pic
Qualification	pilot : atp
Events
Anomaly	other anomaly other
Independent Detector	other controllera
Resolutory Action	none taken : unable
Consequence	faa : investigated
Supplementary
Air Traffic Incident	other
Situations
ATC Facility	procedure or policy : unspecified

Narrative:

ZAB sector 19 elp rlag site frequency 128.2. Main and standby weak, no buec available -- not installed. Frequencys problems known to supervisors. Third time they've worked on it today. Moderate traffic inbound to elp. Flight needed to stop above traffic. Trouble contacting air carrier X. No loss of separation.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: ATC EQUIP PROB FREQ 128 PT 2 MAIN AND STANDBY XMITTER WEAK. NO BUEC AVAILABLE.

Narrative: ZAB SECTOR 19 ELP RLAG SITE FREQ 128.2. MAIN AND STANDBY WEAK, NO BUEC AVAILABLE -- NOT INSTALLED. FREQS PROBS KNOWN TO SUPVRS. THIRD TIME THEY'VE WORKED ON IT TODAY. MODERATE TFC INBOUND TO ELP. FLT NEEDED TO STOP ABOVE TFC. TROUBLE CONTACTING ACR X. NO LOSS OF SEPARATION.

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.