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A80 controller reported a frequency interruption event when the use of a standby frequency resulted in bled over and a potential safety condition.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 880643 |
| Time | |
| Date | 201003 |
| Local Time Of Day | 1201-1800 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | A80.TRACON |
| State Reference | GA |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Make Model Name | No Aircraft |
| Person 1 | |
| Function | Approach Instructor |
| Qualification | Air Traffic Control Fully Certified |
| Experience | Air Traffic Control Radar 9 |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | ATC Issue All Types |
Narrative:
Working the arrivals into atl using frequency 128.0 ecs because the main and standby frequency 128.0 were reported unusable. Split off another arrival sector using 128.525. When transmissions were made on 128.0 or 128.525 both frequencies bled over to each other. Both frequencies were unusable and we had no other back up frequencies dedicated to atl arrivals. We had to use two frequencies that other sectors were not using as well as one from atl tower. This issue caused a major safety hazard and needs to be addressed immediately.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: A80 controller reported a frequency interruption event when the use of a standby frequency resulted in bled over and a potential safety condition.
Narrative: Working the arrivals into ATL using frequency 128.0 ECS because the main and standby frequency 128.0 were reported unusable. Split off another arrival sector using 128.525. When transmissions were made on 128.0 or 128.525 both frequencies bled over to each other. Both frequencies were unusable and we had no other back up frequencies dedicated to ATL arrivals. We had to use two frequencies that other sectors were not using as well as one from ATL Tower. This issue caused a major safety hazard and needs to be addressed immediately.
Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of April 2012 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.