B757 captain reported a dual HF radio failure forcing them to return to the departure airport.

Attributes
ACN	1632040
Time
Date	201903
Local Time Of Day	1201-1800
Place
Locale Reference	ZZZ.ARTCC
State Reference	US
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	B757 Undifferentiated or Other Model
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	Climb
Flight Plan	IFR
Component
Aircraft Component	HF SSB
Person 1
Function	Captain Pilot Not Flying
Qualification	Flight Crew Multiengine Flight Crew Instrument Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP)
Experience	Flight Crew Last 90 Days 191 Flight Crew Total 21000 Flight Crew Type 600
Events
Anomaly	Aircraft Equipment Problem Critical Deviation - Procedural Published Material / Policy

Narrative:

Class 2 checks completed before departure to include HF radio checks. Experienced dual HF radio failure prior to etops airspace entry. Could not transmit on either HF radio. Reception intermittent. Consulted QRH; flight manual; [maintenance control]; dispatch; ATC. Contacted ZZZ radio via VHF to attempt SELCAL; no joy. In consultation with dispatch decided to return ZZZ. Held to burn fuel. Burned down to 2000 lbs above landing weight. Landed overweight; made write up on landing. Mechanic at gate said many issues detected with HF radio system.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: B757 Captain reported a dual HF radio failure forcing them to return to the departure airport.

Narrative: Class 2 checks completed before departure to include HF radio checks. Experienced dual HF radio failure prior to ETOPs airspace entry. Could not transmit on either HF radio. Reception intermittent. Consulted QRH; flight manual; [Maintenance Control]; Dispatch; ATC. Contacted ZZZ radio via VHF to attempt SELCAL; no joy. In consultation with dispatch decided to return ZZZ. Held to burn fuel. Burned down to 2000 lbs above landing weight. Landed overweight; made write up on landing. Mechanic at gate said many issues detected with HF radio system.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site 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.