A CE560 FLT CREW FORGET TO CHK IN WITH A ZDV ARTCC CTLR WHILE ENRTE.

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WHILE FLYING TO JEFFCO (BJC); WE NOTICED THE RADIO HAD BEEN QUIET FOR A WHILE; SO WE IMMEDIATELY GOT A HOLD OF CTR TO CONFIRM; AND THEY SEEMED TO FORGET TO GIVE US A HDOF. THEY SEEMED LIKE IT WAS NO BIG DEAL. A FEW HRS LATER WHILE RETURNING TO MESA; AZ; THE SAME THING HAPPENED; BUT WHEN WE TRIED TO CONTACT CTR; THERE WAS NO RESPONSE. WE THEN TRIED TO REACH FSS TO GET A FREQ; BUT IT WAS TO NO AVAIL. WE THEN MONITORED 121.5 AND PULLED CHARTS AND FOUND A CTR FREQ. WE RESUMED CONTACT WITH CTR FOR THE REST OF OUR FLT. WE WERE TOLD TO CALL ZDV. THEY GAVE US A STERN LECTURE ON THE SERIOUSNESS OF THE SIT. AFTER REVIEWING TAPES; IT SEEMS I READ BACK THE WRONG FREQ. I THOUGHT I HAD CHKED IN AFTER THE HDOF. HOW I SEE SITS HAPPENING BECAUSE DURING THE COURSE OF THE DAY WE CAN GET 30 OR MORE HDOFS; AND AT TIMES THE CTLRS MAY TAKE A FEW MINS TO RESPOND; OR WE HAVE TO CALL THEM SEVERAL TIMES. THEY ALWAYS SAY THEY WERE ON THE LANDLINE OR OFF LINE. IT HAPPENS ON EVERY FLT. IN HINDSIGHT; WE SHOULD HAVE BEEN MONITORING 121.5 DURING THE WHOLE FLT; BUT EVEN THEN; WE WERE TRYING TO GET ATIS. IN THE FUTURE; WE ARE GOING TO BE MORE CAREFUL ON THE HDOFS. LUCKILY; WE HAD NO CONFLICTS AND IT WAS ONLY 20 MINS OF LOST RADIO. WE WERE ON A DIRECT RTE WITH NO CHANGES. ZDV SEEMED THINGS WERE OK AND NO VIOLATIONS WOULD BE FILED.