Widebody transport aircraft has difficulty contacting ATC.

Attributes
ACN	318820
Time
Date	199510
Day	Fri
Local Time Of Day	1201 To 1800
Place
Locale Reference	atc facility : lax
State Reference	CA
Altitude	msl bound lower : 35000 msl bound upper : 35000
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Controlling Facilities	artcc : zla
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	Commercial Fixed Wing
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Navigation In Use	Other Other
Flight Phase	cruise other
Route In Use	enroute : direct
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : first officer
Qualification	pilot : instrument pilot : flight engineer pilot : atp
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 210 flight time total : 7000 flight time type : 800
ASRS Report	318820
Person 2
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : captain oversight : pic
Qualification	pilot : atp
Events
Anomaly	other anomaly other
Independent Detector	other flight crewa
Resolutory Action	other
Consequence	Other
Supplementary
Primary Problem	Ambiguous
Air Traffic Incident	other

Narrative:

On flight going atl-lax, near top of descent point for arrival into lax. Several mins passed with no radio chatter. Attempted contact on selected channel, but unsuccessful. Looked up ZLA frequency on chart and contacted same. Center contacted sent us to correct frequency. No further incident.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: WDB ACFT HAS DIFFICULTY CONTACTING ATC.

Narrative: ON FLT GOING ATL-LAX, NEAR TOP OF DSCNT POINT FOR ARR INTO LAX. SEVERAL MINS PASSED WITH NO RADIO CHATTER. ATTEMPTED CONTACT ON SELECTED CHANNEL, BUT UNSUCCESSFUL. LOOKED UP ZLA FREQ ON CHART AND CONTACTED SAME. CTR CONTACTED SENT US TO CORRECT FREQ. NO FURTHER INCIDENT.

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.