On Sat, 16 Jun 2007 13:04:49 GMT, Kevin Clarke
wrote:

I think you are supposed to call the clnc del for that at a charlie.
That has always been my experience at PVD as well. I tried w/ ground
before too and got the aeronautical equivalent of the finger. :-)
Come to think of it, I've had the same experience at BDL also. So yeah,
in my experience, clnc del is the way to go for VFR departure.

Thanks!

Even if I got the "radio finger", he did the extra work to honor my
request. G