Narrative:

Aircraft has no HF radios installed. FAA approved operation from mia-sju due to atl radio having sufficient VHF coverage by using NAS/gtk radio transmitter/receivers. Nassau station was down for maintenance since jan/fri/02 without my knowledge or any procedures in place to check for these outages. Due to this outage, contact between the aircraft and dispatch is not possible. The subject flight mia-sju jan/sat/02. I was not aware of any problems with atl radio. Apparently my manager was aware and failed to provide our department with this information or to develop a procedure for this type of problem. After contacting atl radio on jan/tue/02, the atl radio operator informed me that the nassau radio had been reported inoperative since jan/fri/02. Also, our department has not received any formal training for this type of operation.

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Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: AN ACFT WITHOUT HF CAPABILITY WAS DISPATCHED ON A RTE DURING A TIME WHEN A RADIO FACILITY REQUIRED ON THAT RTE WAS INOP.

Narrative: ACFT HAS NO HF RADIOS INSTALLED. FAA APPROVED OP FROM MIA-SJU DUE TO ATL RADIO HAVING SUFFICIENT VHF COVERAGE BY USING NAS/GTK RADIO XMITTER/RECEIVERS. NASSAU STATION WAS DOWN FOR MAINT SINCE JAN/FRI/02 WITHOUT MY KNOWLEDGE OR ANY PROCS IN PLACE TO CHK FOR THESE OUTAGES. DUE TO THIS OUTAGE, CONTACT BTWN THE ACFT AND DISPATCH IS NOT POSSIBLE. THE SUBJECT FLT MIA-SJU JAN/SAT/02. I WAS NOT AWARE OF ANY PROBS WITH ATL RADIO. APPARENTLY MY MGR WAS AWARE AND FAILED TO PROVIDE OUR DEPT WITH THIS INFO OR TO DEVELOP A PROC FOR THIS TYPE OF PROB. AFTER CONTACTING ATL RADIO ON JAN/TUE/02, THE ATL RADIO OPERATOR INFORMED ME THAT THE NASSAU RADIO HAD BEEN RPTED INOP SINCE JAN/FRI/02. ALSO, OUR DEPT HAS NOT RECEIVED ANY FORMAL TRAINING FOR THIS TYPE OF OP.

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.