Air carrier with ZJX described a request from the center controller to squawk 7700 during weather de...

Narrative:

We were cruising at 28;000 westbound on the q-routes in the gulf. Deviating approximately 30 miles south of rozzi intersection. We were flying a heading of 260 for avoidance of a line of thunderstorms along our route. ZJX center issued a heading of 295 directly into the line we were deviating around. We replied that we were unable to fly that 295 heading. At that time he said that he could not get ZHU center to accept the hand off and to squawk emergency. We changed our squawk to 7700. Seconds later; ZJX center said that ZHU center accepted the hand off and to squawk our normal code. We switched back to normal squawk and changed over to ZHU center. We continued on our deviation heading around weather; once clear of the weather we were cleared back on course.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: Air Carrier with ZJX described a request from the Center Controller to squawk 7700 during weather deviations and reported difficulties in establishing contact with ZHU.

Narrative: We were cruising at 28;000 westbound on the Q-routes in the Gulf. Deviating approximately 30 miles south of ROZZI Intersection. We were flying a heading of 260 for avoidance of a line of thunderstorms along our route. ZJX Center issued a heading of 295 directly into the line we were deviating around. We replied that we were unable to fly that 295 heading. At that time he said that he could not get ZHU Center to accept the hand off and to squawk emergency. We changed our squawk to 7700. Seconds later; ZJX Center said that ZHU Center accepted the hand off and to squawk our normal code. We switched back to normal squawk and changed over to ZHU Center. We continued on our deviation heading around weather; once clear of the weather we were cleared back on course.

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.

Attributes
ACN	941005
Time
Date	201103
Local Time Of Day	1201-1800
Place
Locale Reference	ZJX.ARTCC
State Reference	FL
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	B757-200
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	Cruise
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Function	Captain
Qualification	Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP)
Person 2
Function	First Officer
Events
Anomaly	ATC Issue All Types Inflight Event / Encounter Weather / Turbulence

Air carrier with ZJX described a request from the center controller to squawk 7700 during weather deviations and reported difficulties in establishing contact with ZHU.