AN ACR MLG CREW FOUND SOME FREQS IN USE THAT ARE NOT PUBLISHED FOR FLC EYES.
Synopsis
AN ACR MLG CREW FOUND SOME FREQS IN USE THAT ARE NOT PUBLISHED FOR FLC EYES.
Narrative
THIS IS A SAFETY RELATED RPT ONLY. NORMAL VFR RWY 31 STADIUM VISUAL APCH DFW. AT THE FINAL APCH FIX; I WENT TO TWR FREQ BUT I HAD MISTAKENLY DIALED IN 127.55 INSTEAD OF 127.50. MEANWHILE; I WAS DIALING IN DFW GND FREQ OVER THE OLD APCH FREQ ON THE SAME RADIO. OF COURSE; NO CONTACT WITH TWR. I CHKED THE APCH PLATE FOR THE CORRECT RWY 31R TWR FREQ -- NOTHING EVEN CLOSE PUBLISHED. I WENT TO 126.55; E RWY FREQ; BUT COULD NOT GET A WORD IN DUE FREQ CONGESTION. REDIALED IN OLD APCH FREQ THAT I SOMEHOW REMEMBERED. GOT THE CORRECT 127.5 FREQ; DIALED THAT IN AND GOT CONTACT AND LNDG CLRNC AT ABOUT 300 FT. CAPT WAS JUST INITIATING GAR WHEN CLRNC WAS RECEIVED. LANDED OK. THEN ON GND; WAS TOLD TO USE GND FREQ 134.05. THAT FREQ ISN'T PUBLISHED EITHER BUT IT IS USED OFTEN. THESE FREQS SHOULD BE PUBLISHED. CALLBACK CONVERSATION WITH RPTR REVEALED THE FOLLOWING INFO: DFW TWR USES UP 6 FREQS FOR LCL CTL AND 4 FOR GND CTL. ONLY 2 FREQS OF EACH CATEGORY ARE PUBLISHED. IN 'BUSY' TIMES; 4 LCL AND 3 GND FREQS ARE USED. ONLY THE PUBLISHED 2 FREQS OF EACH CATEGORY ARE USED IN 'NORMAL' TFC SITS.
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