FLC TAXIES IN FRONT OF ACFT TAKING OFF.

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ON 8/95 COMMUTER FLT XXX HAD BOARDED; STARTED ENGS AND BEGAN TAXIING OUT FOR DEP ON TIME AT XA:00 AM FROM THE GATE AT MTJ. WE HAD A FULL BOAT; 30 PAX AND A COMPANY PLT IN THE JUMP SEAT OF THE EMB120. AS WE STARTED TO TAXI; WE TURNED AROUND; AND POINTED EWARD TOWARDS THE TXWY INTO THE SUN. MY FO AND I ATTEMPTED TO CALL MONTROSE UNICOM FOR AN 'ARPT AND TFC ADVISORY;' AND WERE A LITTLE PERPLEXED WHEN WE GOT NO RESPONSE. THE UNICOM WORKER HAD JUST FINISHED FUELING US; AND THEY ARE REALLY GOOD AT RESPONDING ON THE RADIO. (I HAVE FLOWN INTO MTJ FOR OVER 5 YRS; AND KNOW THE FBO EMPLOYEES WELL.) WELL; WE ASSUMED THAT THEY WERE UNABLE TO REACH THE RADIO; SO WE CONTINUED TAXIING. MY FO HAD BEGUN THE BEFORE TKOF CHKLIST; AND AS WE APCHED THE INTXN OF RWY 13/31; I SAID 'CLR L' (MY SIDE) AND HIS RESPONSE WAS OF COURSE 'CLR R.' I HAD GLANCED OVER R; THROUGH HIS WINDOW AND SAW NO TFC. SO FAR; A NORMAL SLOW MORNING. AS WE CLRED THE INTXN ON OUR TAXI TO RWY 35 (NEEDED IT FOR WT) OUT OF THE CORNER OF MY R EYE; I SAW THE GEAR RETRACTING ON WHAT LOOKED LIKE A C210; VERY DISTINCTIVE GEAR RETRACTING SEQUENCE. I SAID 'HOLY ----!' MY FO SAID 'WHAT AN IDIOT; I HEARD NO CALLS.' I IMMEDIATELY CHKED THE FREQ IN USE ON THE RED DIGITAL RADIO COM 1 AND CONFIRMED 122.80. CHKED SQUELCH FOR VOLUME; CHKED XMIT BUTTONS ON BOTH HAND MIKE AND HEADSET; AND ALL OPERATED NORMALLY. I DUCKED UNDER THE DASH TO BLOCK THE SUN AND FOUND THE SECOND DIGIT ON COM 1 HAD A LINE MISSING. WHAT I THOUGHT WAS 122.80 WAS REALLY 122.82! SUDDEN REALIZATION OF WHAT I HAD DONE AND THE POTENTIAL CATASTROPHE THAT HAD TAKEN PLACE HAD SHAKEN ME. THEN I THOUGHT; EVEN WITH 3 PLTS UP FRONT; DAMN; WE MISSED THIS. DID MY FO REALLY CLR THE RWY BEFORE XING? WHY DIDN'T THE 210 ABORT THE TKOF? AFTER WE MADE THE FREQ CORRECTION; UNICOM WAS CALLING US FOR A RADIO CHK; AND THE 210 PLT WAS SCREAMING AT US. ALL I COULD SAY WAS 'SORRY SIR; WE DIDN'T SEE OR HEAR YOU; I'LL TRY TO NEVER LET THAT HAPPEN AGAIN.' AFTER OUR DEP; I SORT OF HAD MY TAIL BTWN MY LEGS. I DON'T BELIEVE ACCIDENTS 'JUST HAPPEN;' AND THERE ARE NO REAL GOOD EXCUSES FOR ANYTHING. SO I CALLED BACK TO 122.8 AND REACHED THE C210; HE RESPONDED BACK. I SAID; 'SIR; I JUST WANT TO AGAIN APOLOGIZE FOR WHAT JUST HAPPENED. WE HAD RADIO PROBS; AND HEARD NOTHING UPON OUR XMISSIONS. WE BOTH CLRED THE RWY; BUT YOUR BLACK/RED PLANE BLENDED IN WITH THE BACKGND AND THE SUN. ALL I CAN SAY IS I'M SORRY; BUT GLAD IT TURNED OUT THE WAY IT DID.' HE REPLIED; 'I'M SORRY I WAS A LITTLE HOT WITH YOU EARLIER; WE'RE ALL HUMAN AND CAN MAKE MISTAKES; WE'LL JUST LEAVE IT AT THAT.'