CARGO ACFT DEPARTS WITHOUT CLRNC.

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THE CIRCUMSTANCES SURROUNDING MY TKOF WITHOUT ATC CLRNC ARE AS FOLLOWS: I AM RELATIVELY NEW TO THE JOB THAT I'M NOW DOING FLYING CARGO UNDER FAR PART 135 (HAVING 2 MONTHS EXPERIENCE). PREVIOUSLY; I HAD FLOWN IN THE AIR FORCE ALMOST ALWAYS UNDER IFR; SO MY PRESENT JOB INVOLVES A LESS RESTRICTIVE ENVIRONMENT FLYING VFR AND OFTEN FROM UNCTLED FIELDS; REQUIRING MORE DECISION MAKING ON MY PART. ALMOST ALWAYS WHEN I FLY OUT OF FALCON FIELD (OUR COMPANY BASE OF OPS); THE TWR IS CLOSED AND I AM ACCUSTOMED TO TAXIING; TAKING OFF; AND LNDG ON MY OWN; SIMPLY ANNOUNCING MY INTENTIONS ON CTAF. THE DAY OF THIS INCIDENT; I WAS FLYING A DIFFERENT MODEL CESSNA 310 FROM WHAT I NORMALLY FLY WHICH HAD A DIFFERENT RADIO SETUP FROM WHAT I'M USED TO. I HAD FLOWN IT ONLY ONCE BEFORE SEVERAL WKS PRIOR AND I HAD FORGOTTEN THAT THIS PARTICULAR AIRPLANE HAD 2 DIFFERENT CTL HEADS FOR THE #1 RADIO; LOCATED IN THE CTR OF THE INST PANEL. I DIDN'T REALIZE THAT THE #2 RADIO WAS LOCATED DOWN NEAR MY R KNEE. INSTEAD; I THOUGHT THE #2 RADIO WAS THE CTL HEAD ON THE R IN THE CTR OF THE INST PANEL; WHEN IN FACT THAT IS PART OF THE #1 RADIO; CTLED BY A TOGGLE SWITCH WHICH IS HARD TO SEE FROM THE PLT'S SEAT IN THE DARK CONDITIONS I HAD THAT MORNING. ALSO ON THAT PARTICULAR DAY; I WAS RUNNING ABOUT 20 MINS LATE FOR MY SCHEDULED CARGO PICKUP AT PHX ARPT DUE TO A SERIES OF UNUSUAL DELAYS ON THE GND; SOME OF WHICH WERE MY FAULT; AND I FELT A LOT OF PRESSURE TO GET FLYING ASAP TO MEET OUR COMMITMENT TO OUR CUSTOMER AND AVOID TROUBLE WITH CUSTOMER COMPLAINTS. NORMALLY; I TAXI AND TKOF BEFORE FALCON TWR OPENS AT XA00 LCL TIME; BUT BECAUSE I WAS BEHIND THAT DAY; I BEGAN TAXIING A FEW MINS AFTER XA00. BEFORE TAXI; I ATTEMPTED TO LISTEN TO ATIS; BUT HEARD NOTHING. I TRIED CALLING GND FOR TAXI CLRNC ON WHAT I THOUGHT WAS THE #1 RADIO; BUT HEARD NO RESPONSE. I LOOKED AT THE TWR AS I TAXIED AND IT DIDN'T APPEAR THAT THERE WAS ANYBODY IN IT. I SWITCHED TO CTAF (TWR FREQ) AND ANNOUNCED MY TAXI INTENTIONS; THINKING THAT IF THERE WAS SOMEONE IN THE TWR THEY WOULD ANSWER; BUT I GOT NO RESPONSE. I THOUGHT THIS WAS ALL RATHER STRANGE; BUT THOUGHT THAT MAYBE THE TWR WAS OPENING LATER THAN I EXPECTED SO I CONTINUED MY TAXI. NORMALLY; I WOULD DEPART ON RWY 22L (THE CLOSEST RWY TO OUR PARKING AREA); BUT IT WAS NOTAMED CLOSED AND THE PARALLEL TXWY LEADING OUT TO IT WAS CLOSED SO I CONTINUED TAXIING FOR RWY 22R. BECAUSE OF THE BLOCKED TXWYS; I THOUGHT I HAD TO BACK TAXI DOWN THE RWY FOR TKOF (IT WAS DARK OUTSIDE AND I WAS UNFAMILIAR WITH THE TXWYS LEADING TO RWY 22R SINCE THE NORMAL ONES WERE BLOCKED). JUST AS I BEGAN TO TURN ONTO THE RWY TO BACK TAXI; AFTER HAVING ANNOUNCED MY INTENTIONS ON WHAT I THOUGHT WAS CTAF; I DID NOTICE A LIGHTED TXWY ON THE N SIDE OF RWY 22R; BUT SINCE I WAS ONLY A SHORT DISTANCE FROM THE APCH END OF RWY 22R; I ELECTED TO CONTINUE MY BACK TAXI. BEFORE TURNING ONTO THE RWY; I NOTICED AN ACFT ON WHAT APPEARED TO BE A MIDFIELD R DOWNWIND FOR RWY 22R AND I THOUGHT IT STRANGE THAT HE HADN'T ANNOUNCED HIS INTENTIONS OR ANSWERED MY CALLS ON CTAF; BUT I COULD SEE I WOULD HAVE TIME TO BACK TAXI AND TKOF; SO I CONTINUED. BECAUSE I HAD BEEN IN A HURRY AND I WAS DISTRACTED BY ALL THE UNEXPECTED THINGS WITH NO RESPONSE TO MY RADIO CALLS; AS I TURNED THE ACFT AROUND FOR TKOF I REALIZED I HAD NOT COMPLETED MY RUNUP CHK ON THE ENGS. I TOOK A SHORT MOMENT TO PROPERLY COMPLETE THAT AND THEN TOOK OFF; ANNOUNCING MY INTENTIONS ON WHAT I THOUGHT WAS CTAF (TWR FREQ). AFTER GETTING AIRBORNE; I SWITCHED TO PHX APCH CTL TO REQUEST CLRNC INTO CLASS B AIRSPACE AND GOT NO RESPONSE. I TRIED TOGGLING THE RADIO SWITCH AND ABOUT THAT TIME NOTICED THE #2 RADIO AT MY R KNEE WHICH I HAD NOT SEEN EARLIER IN THE DARK AND IN MY HURRY. I TRIED THE DIFFERENT RADIOS AND SWITCHES AND I WAS ABLE TO CONTACT PHX APCH AND GET CLRNC FROM PHX TO LAND AT PHX ARPT. AFTER I LANDED; PHX GND CTL SAID THAT FALCON TWR WANTED ME TO CALL THEM; SO I DID AND EXPLAINED WHAT HAD HAPPENED. APPARENTLY; THEY HAD BEEN TRYING TO CALL ME; BUT COULD NOT REACH ME WHILE I TAXIED OUT OF THERE. THEY SAID THEY HAD FLASHED A RED LIGHT AT ME FROM THE TWR; BUT SINCE I THOUGHT TWR WAS CLOSED; I HADN'T LOOKED AT IT AFTER I TAXIED PAST IT. THE ACFT THAT I HAD SEEN ON DOWNWIND THEY COULD NOT CLR TO LAND UNTIL I GOT OUT OF THE WAY. ADDITIONALLY; THEY MENTIONED THAT THEY THOUGHT I WAS TAXIING FASTER THAN CONDITIONS WARRANTED. I THINK THE MAIN REASON FOR MY PROB IS THAT I WAS IN TOO BIG OF A HURRY TO GO AND I WAS TOO FOCUSED ON GETTING AIRBORNE TO SLOW DOWN AND CHK EVERYTHING THAT COULD POSSIBLY BE WRONG (RADIOS; SWITCHES; FREQS; VOLUME; ETC). GREATER FAMILIARITY AND PERHAPS MORE TRAINING IN THE DIFFERENCES OF THE RADIOS BTWN AIRPLANES WOULD HAVE HELPED; BUT SO WOULD SLOWING DOWN TO TAKE MORE TIME TO TROUBLE-SHOOT WHEN SOMETHING SEEMS OUT OF PLACE. I LEARNED SOME VALUABLE LESSONS FROM THIS EXPERIENCE; AND I'M NOW LEAVING EXTRA TIME FOR UNEXPECTED DELAYS SO I DON'T FEEL THE PRESSURE TO HURRY WHEN THINGS SLOW ME DOWN.