A charter aircraft lost radio contact with ZOB near rod VOR.

Attributes
ACN	436880
Time
Date	199905
Day	Sun
Local Time Of Day	1201 To 1800
Place
Locale Reference	navaid : rod.vortac
State Reference	OH
Altitude	msl single value : 41000
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC VMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Controlling Facilities	artcc : zob.artcc
Operator	common carrier : charter
Make Model Name	Commercial Fixed Wing
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 135
Navigation In Use	other vortac
Flight Phase	cruise : level
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	company : charter
Function	flight crew : captain oversight : pic
Qualification	pilot : atp
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 250 flight time total : 7000 flight time type : 2500
ASRS Report	436880
Person 2
Affiliation	company : charter
Function	flight crew : first officer
Qualification	pilot : commercial pilot : instrument pilot : multi engine
Events
Anomaly	non adherence : far
Independent Detector	other flight crewa other flight crewb
Resolutory Action	controller : separated traffic
Consequence	faa : reviewed incident with flight crew
Supplementary
Problem Areas	Flight Crew Human Performance
Primary Problem	Flight Crew Human Performance

Narrative:

The first officer adjusted the squelch and volume of the radio as he believed the frequency was too quiet. The first officer asked the controller if he was still talking to us. The controller asked us where we had been. We advised him that we had been monitoring the frequency. The controller asked us for our company phone number, which we gave. We then asked the controller if there was a problem and he advised that he had to divert oncoming traffic around us.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: A CHARTER ACFT LOST RADIO CONTACT WITH ZOB NEAR ROD VOR.

Narrative: THE FO ADJUSTED THE SQUELCH AND VOLUME OF THE RADIO AS HE BELIEVED THE FREQ WAS TOO QUIET. THE FO ASKED THE CTLR IF HE WAS STILL TALKING TO US. THE CTLR ASKED US WHERE WE HAD BEEN. WE ADVISED HIM THAT WE HAD BEEN MONITORING THE FREQ. THE CTLR ASKED US FOR OUR COMPANY PHONE NUMBER, WHICH WE GAVE. WE THEN ASKED THE CTLR IF THERE WAS A PROB AND HE ADVISED THAT HE HAD TO DIVERT ONCOMING TFC AROUND US.

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.