2 TRACON sectors being combined too much due to a frequency being out of service.

Attributes
ACN	144008
Time
Date	199004
Day	Mon
Local Time Of Day	0601 To 1200
Place
Locale Reference	atc facility : bdl
State Reference	CT
Altitude	msl bound lower : 0 msl bound upper : 10000
Environment
Flight Conditions	Mixed
Aircraft 1
Controlling Facilities	tracon : bdl
Person 1
Affiliation	government : faa
Function	controller : approach controller : departure
Qualification	controller : radar
ASRS Report	144008
Events
Anomaly	other anomaly other
Independent Detector	other controllera
Resolutory Action	none taken : unable
Consequence	faa : investigated
Supplementary
Primary Problem	ATC Human Performance
Air Traffic Incident	other
Situations
ATC Facility	other physical facility

Narrative:

East high and east low sectors are continually combined due to frequency 123.85 being OTS. These 2 sectors handle a lot of en route traffic and need to be split more often, especially with summer traffic. With 123.85 OTS, bdl has 5 sectors and only 4 frequencys. Callback conversation with reporter revealed the following: reporter stated that problem had been corrected by management. The 123.85 frequency was removed and replaced with another frequency. This occurred approximately 2 weeks after this report was filed by the reporter.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: 2 TRACON SECTORS BEING COMBINED TOO MUCH DUE TO A FREQ BEING OUT OF SERVICE.

Narrative: E HIGH AND E LOW SECTORS ARE CONTINUALLY COMBINED DUE TO FREQ 123.85 BEING OTS. THESE 2 SECTORS HANDLE A LOT OF ENRTE TFC AND NEED TO BE SPLIT MORE OFTEN, ESPECIALLY WITH SUMMER TFC. WITH 123.85 OTS, BDL HAS 5 SECTORS AND ONLY 4 FREQS. CALLBACK CONVERSATION WITH RPTR REVEALED THE FOLLOWING: RPTR STATED THAT PROB HAD BEEN CORRECTED BY MGMNT. THE 123.85 FREQ WAS REMOVED AND REPLACED WITH ANOTHER FREQ. THIS OCCURRED APPROX 2 WKS AFTER THIS RPT WAS FILED BY THE RPTR.

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.