From: utzoo!decvax!cca!hplabs!hao!seismo!harpo!zeppo!whuxk!houxm!npois!npoiv!alice!danny@sri-unix
Newsgroups: net.aviation
Title: Re: lost com procedures in IFR
Article-I.D.: alice.1273
Posted: Tue Dec  7 17:20:13 1982
Received: Sat Dec 11 01:31:02 1982
References: floyd.920

In addition to wolit's and ark's relevant comments, I would point out
the following:

1) you may have two comm radios but probably only one mike jack
2) many people fly with only one mike
3) you might be using the speaker and not have headphones aboard

The following have all happened to me (in VFR conditions) with 2
functioning comm radios:

1) Loss of comm due to broken speaker connection
2) Loss of comm due to broken push-to-talk connection in mike
3) Loss of comm because mike plug had become partially unseated
from its jack.

Remember Murphy.

					Dan Kahn