Air carrier large transport captain's complaint about not being able to contact ZHU at nuley intersection on either commercial radio or direct to ZHU. Made radio contact 10 mins past nuley with ZHU.

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Attributes
ACN	201608
Time
Date	199202
Day	Wed
Local Time Of Day	0601 To 1200
Place
Locale Reference	atc facility : gls
State Reference	TX
Altitude	msl bound lower : 31000 msl bound upper : 31000
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	Large Transport, Low Wing, 3 Turbojet Eng
Flight Phase	cruise other
Route In Use	enroute : other oceanic enroute airway : a766 enroute other
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : captain oversight : pic
Qualification	pilot : commercial pilot : flight engineer pilot : instrument pilot : atp
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 240 flight time total : 13000 flight time type : 9000
ASRS Report	201608
Person 2
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : first officer
Qualification	pilot : atp
Events
Anomaly	non adherence : published procedure non adherence : far
Independent Detector	other flight crewa
Resolutory Action	none taken : unable
Consequence	Other
Supplementary
Primary Problem	Navigational Facility
Air Traffic Incident	other
Situations
ATC Facility	other physical facility

Narrative:

Unable to contact houston center on arinc at nuley intersection. Continued to try both and finally missed houston center approximately 10 mins past nuley and provided the position report. Never did make contact with arinc.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: ACR LGT CAPT'S COMPLAINT ABOUT NOT BEING ABLE TO CONTACT ZHU AT NULEY INTXN ON EITHER COMMERCIAL RADIO OR DIRECT TO ZHU. MADE RADIO CONTACT 10 MINS PAST NULEY WITH ZHU.

Narrative: UNABLE TO CONTACT HOUSTON CTR ON ARINC AT NULEY INTXN. CONTINUED TO TRY BOTH AND FINALLY MISSED HOUSTON CTR APPROX 10 MINS PAST NULEY AND PROVIDED THE POS RPT. NEVER DID MAKE CONTACT WITH ARINC.

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.