POSSIBLE TRACK DEV.

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IT WAS IMC THIS MORNING. MY DEP ARPT; Y47; NEW HUDSON; IS UNCTLED. I NEEDED A CLRNC. WE USED TO GET CLRNCS VIA RADIO IN THE AIR. DTW RECENTLY HAS ASKED US NOT TO DO ANYMORE (FOR THEIR CONVENIENCE; THEY SAID IT MAKES THEM TOO BUSY). INSTEAD THEY HAVE ASKED US TO PHONE CLRNCS BEFORE DEP. I HAVE DONE SO IN PAST. HOWEVER; WITH ONLY THE 10 MINS VOID TIME; RUNNING FROM THE PHONE BOOTH; TO CAR; TO ACFT; TO (WITH ACFT) RUN-UP AREA; AND FINALLY PERFORM RUN-UP; NOT ENOUGH TIME! TO AVOID THIS CRAZE; I TOOK MY CELLULAR PHONE INTO THE ACFT. I THEN CALLED DTW (ON THE GND) AFTER MY RUN-UP; WITH ENG RUNNING. NEAR IMPOSSIBLE TO HEAR. I RECEIVED AND READ BACK CLRNC. I TOOK OFF AND CLBED TO 'MY CLRED?': YQG VOR. DTW SAID I WAS 'CLRED' TO FLY AND CLB HDG 250 DEGS. APPARENTLY I MISHEARD CLRNC. RECOMMENDATIONS: ALLOW US TO USE RADIO; IN AIR; WHILE STILL VMC; FOR CLRNC; GIVE LONGER VOID TIMES; GIVE A GND FREQ FOR Y47 PLTS. I CALLED DTW AND SPOKE TO A MGR. HIS RECOMMENDATION: CALL AN HR IN ADVANCE FOR A 10 MIN WINDOW VOID TIME. NOTE: THEY SHOULD MAKE THIS MORE 'PUBLIC INFO' THROUGH MAILINGS.