<< >> NASA ASRS Report 426921, January 1999

Reporter complaint is that radio communication from a railroad yard is interfering with the facility's emergency backup frequency. Reporter states that nothing has been reported to maintenance.

Attributes
ACN	426921
Time
Date	199901
Day	Sun
Local Time Of Day	1801 To 2400
Place
Locale Reference	atc facility : chs
State Reference	SC
Altitude	agl bound lower : 0 agl bound upper : 0
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Night
Person 1
Affiliation	government : faa
Function	controller : local
Experience	controller military : 1 controller radar : 29
ASRS Report	426921
Events
Anomaly	other anomaly other
Independent Detector	other controllera
Resolutory Action	none taken : anomaly accepted
Consequence	Other
Supplementary
Air Traffic Incident	other
Situations
ATC Facility	procedure or policy : unspecified

Narrative:

Emergency backup radio (pet 2000) on 120.7 approach frequency. Train crew in or near train yard were talking on 120.7. They were loud and clear. Conductor X was the name I picked up on the radio. Reported this to the supervisor with the air traffic manager present. Was not logged or reported to maintenance. This could be a bad situation if we were relying on the pet 2000 at that time.

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Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: RPTR COMPLAINT IS THAT RADIO COM FROM A RAILROAD YARD IS INTERFERING WITH THE FACILITY'S EMER BACKUP FREQ. RPTR STATES THAT NOTHING HAS BEEN RPTED TO MAINT.

Narrative: EMER BACKUP RADIO (PET 2000) ON 120.7 APCH FREQ. TRAIN CREW IN OR NEAR TRAIN YARD WERE TALKING ON 120.7. THEY WERE LOUD AND CLR. CONDUCTOR X WAS THE NAME I PICKED UP ON THE RADIO. RPTED THIS TO THE SUPVR WITH THE AIR TFC MGR PRESENT. WAS NOT LOGGED OR RPTED TO MAINT. THIS COULD BE A BAD SIT IF WE WERE RELYING ON THE PET 2000 AT THAT TIME.

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.