Narrative:

We advised ZHU that we would need deviations for WX. We started receiving weak and broken xmissions from center. We were able to receive parts of a revised clearance from ZHU. When radio reception was finally restored center advised us that we needed a clearance to deviate. Of course, we were under the belief that we were still cleared to deviate as necessary.

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Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: A FLC THOUGHT THEY WERE CLRED TO CIRCUMNAV WX. ZHU ARTCC SEEMED UNAWARE OF THE CLRNC.

Narrative: WE ADVISED ZHU THAT WE WOULD NEED DEVS FOR WX. WE STARTED RECEIVING WEAK AND BROKEN XMISSIONS FROM CTR. WE WERE ABLE TO RECEIVE PARTS OF A REVISED CLRNC FROM ZHU. WHEN RADIO RECEPTION WAS FINALLY RESTORED CTR ADVISED US THAT WE NEEDED A CLRNC TO DEVIATE. OF COURSE, WE WERE UNDER THE BELIEF THAT WE WERE STILL CLRED TO DEVIATE AS NECESSARY.

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.