ZSU controller voiced concern regarding continued radio malfunctions resulting in readback failures.

Attributes
ACN	769015
Time
Date	200701
Local Time Of Day	1201 To 1800
Place
Locale Reference	atc facility : zsu.artcc
State Reference	PR
Person 1
Affiliation	government : faa
Function	controller : radar
Qualification	controller : radar
Experience	controller limited radar : 9 controller non radar : 9 controller radar : 9
ASRS Report	769015
Events
Independent Detector	other controllera
Resolutory Action	none taken : anomaly accepted
Supplementary
Problem Areas	ATC Facility
Primary Problem	ATC Facility
Situations
ATC Facility	communication equipment : zsu.artcc

Narrative:

Frequencys of the north sector of sju; pr; are malfunctioning too often; resulting in ATC controller not getting readbacks from the pilots. It is hard to establish a 2-WAY radio communication.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: ZSU CTLR VOICED CONCERN REGARDING CONTINUED RADIO MALFUNCTIONS RESULTING IN READBACK FAILURES.

Narrative: FREQS OF THE N SECTOR OF SJU; PR; ARE MALFUNCTIONING TOO OFTEN; RESULTING IN ATC CTLR NOT GETTING READBACKS FROM THE PLTS. IT IS HARD TO ESTABLISH A 2-WAY RADIO COM.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of January 2009 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.