UNABLE TO ESTABLISH RADIO CONTACT; CFI USES LOST COM PROC AND PROCEEDS TO DEST ARPT AFTER ATTEMPTING A RETURN LAND.

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TOOK OFF FROM DICKSON. DICKSON IS AN UNCTLED ARPT; SO VOID TIME WAS OBTAINED. WX WAS ABOUT 500 FT CEILING AND ABOUT 1 MI VISIBILITY. FLT PLAN FILED FROM MO2 TO BNA; THEN TO V-140 TO AZQ; V-331 TO ECB; THEN DIRECT I28; ASHLAND BOYD; KY. MY CLRNC READ A CLRNC LIMIT; WHICH WAS THE NDB IN DICKSON. NO EFC WAS GIVEN. CLBING OUT TO 5000 FT TO VFR ON TOP; TRYING TO REACH CTR; RADIO COM NOT OBTAINED. TRIED ALL KINDS OF DIFFERENT THINGS; PLUGGING HEADSET DIRECT INTO THE OUTLET; TRIED WITH MIKE; PUSH TO TALK SWITCH; NOTHING WORKED. AFTER TRYING FOR ABOUT 5-7 MINS; I SQUAWKED 7600; AND SINCE MY CLRNC LIMIT WAS THE NDB (ON THE FIELD) I TRIED TO GET DOWN ON THE NDB APCH. NO SUCCESS. WENT MISSED; AND FLEW LIKE I FILED FOR TO BNA VOR. SWITCHED OVER TO NASHVILLE APCH; 119.35 AND AFTER A COUPLE OF MINS; WE COULD RECEIVE BUT NOT XMIT. THEY ASKED US IF WE COULD READ THEM; PUSH IDENT. I DID. THEY ASKED US QUESTIONS; AND WE REPLIED WITH PUSHING IDENT BUTTON. THEY ASKED IF WE WOULD LIKE TO COME TO BNA. I PUSHED IDENT. THEY THEN GAVE US VECTORING AND ALT AND THEY CLRED US FOR ILS RWY 2L. DID ILS AND LANDED.