"Somebody check your mike on the radio, please..."

Is it *really* possible that a certicated pilot would transmit a
statement like this into the ether, expecting the guy with the stuck
mike to actually be able to HEAR what he's saying?

There are actually a few situations in which the aircraft with a stuck
mike might hear the transmissions. Granted they are not common, but
they are neither impossible nor contrived.

Jose
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"Jose" wrote in message
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Is it *really* possible that a certicated pilot would transmit a
statement like this into the ether, expecting the guy with the stuck
mike to actually be able to HEAR what he's saying?

There are actually a few situations in which the aircraft with a stuck
mike might hear the transmissions. Granted they are not common, but
they are neither impossible nor contrived.

And on a Unicom frequency those would be what?

Jose
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On Sat, 19 Nov 2005 22:32:57 GMT, Dave Stadt wrote:

There are actually a few situations in which the aircraft with a stuck
mike might hear the transmissions. Granted they are not common, but
they are neither impossible nor contrived.

And on a Unicom frequency those would be what?

Lets expand this a tad further..... any frequency.

The absolute time I could ever think that someone heard that they had a
stuck mike would be if they were listening in on a handheld radio,
otherwise, I cannot think of any situations.

Allen

hmmm... what I had in mind was a split (pilot/copilot) stack, but upon
further thought the transmitter would overwhelm the receiver, even
though the receiver is not switched off.

As Rosanne RosannaDanna would say, "never mind".

Jose
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"Jose" wrote in message
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hmmm... what I had in mind was a split (pilot/copilot) stack, but upon
further thought the transmitter would overwhelm the receiver, even though
the receiver is not switched off.

As Rosanne RosannaDanna would say, "never mind".

Jose
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How about in a dual com situation, tx on com1 and rec on com2?

Harvey

"Harvey" wrote in message
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How about in a dual com situation, tx on com1 and rec on com2?

I believe Jose's (revised ) observation still holds. If COM1 is
transmitting, and COM2 will receive the most powerful transmitter, then in
the case of the airplane transmitting that would be COM1, not someone else
telling them to unstick their mic.

And in fact, that's the only reasonable interpretation of what Jose wrote,
since the only receiver available to receive when the transmitter on one is
stuck is the other. Reception is automatically disabled when transmitting
for the transmitting radio, so it wouldn't receive the other pilot's
transmission in any case. (All this assumes exactly two radios, of
course...a common enough configuration).

Pete

And if the stack has an audio panel worthy of the name, the opposite
transceiver's audio is cut off during transmit to prevent an unholy squeal
coming down the audio line of the receiver that is still operating.

Jim


"Jose" wrote in message
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hmmm... what I had in mind was a split (pilot/copilot) stack, but upon
further thought the transmitter would overwhelm the receiver, even though
the receiver is not switched off.
ss.

And if the stack has an audio panel worthy of the name, the opposite
transceiver's audio is cut off during transmit to prevent an unholy squeal
coming down the audio line of the receiver that is still operating.

You sure? I've operated split (on different frequencies), and not been
cut off when the other pilot was transmitting. Does the audio panel
know what frequencies each radio is using?

Jose
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It has nothing to do with the audio panel. There is a "transmit
interconnect" wire between radios. It doesn't always get installed. I had to
have one retrofitted after completion of my Garmin 430---King KX-165A
installation.

Karl
"Curator" N185KG


"Jose" wrote in message
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And if the stack has an audio panel worthy of the name, the opposite
transceiver's audio is cut off during transmit to prevent an unholy
squeal coming down the audio line of the receiver that is still
operating.

You sure? I've operated split (on different frequencies), and not been
cut off when the other pilot was transmitting. Does the audio panel know
what frequencies each radio is using?

Jose
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Jose wrote:

And if the stack has an audio panel worthy of the name, the opposite
transceiver's audio is cut off during transmit to prevent an unholy
squeal coming down the audio line of the receiver that is still
operating.


You sure? I've operated split (on different frequencies), and not been
cut off when the other pilot was transmitting. Does the audio panel
know what frequencies each radio is using?


And I have the newest Garmin audio panel. The pilot and copliot can
each talk on different frequencies at the same time.