A PLT NOTES THAT VHF RADIO CONTACT CANNOT BE MAINTAINED IN CLASS E AIRSPACE E OF OME ALLOWING PLTS TO CANCEL SVFR.

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ON ARR AT NOME; HAD EXTREME DIFFICULTY CONTACTING FSS. ATTEMPTED CONTACT ON 123.6. ALSO ATIS WAS DIFFICULT TO UNDERSTAND. I VISITED THE FSS AND EXPRESSED MY CONCERN FOR POOR COM DUE TO THE POOR WX AND MY FLT WOULD BE TO THE E WITH POOR WX IF IT CONTINUED. TWO DAYS LATER; DEPARTED NOME ON AN SVFR CLRNC. AT APPROX 8-10 MI ATTEMPTED TO CALL CLR OF CLASS E SURFACE AREA. I WAS HEARING SOME BROKEN XMISSIONS AND ASSUMED THAT I HAD BEEN RECEIVED. I WAS FLYING AT APPROX 300 FT; 1/2 MI ALONG THE COAST; APPROX 095 DEG RADIAL. I WAS REQUESTED TO CALL NOME FSS BY LANDLINE. I TELEPHONED NOME FSS AND DISCUSSED THE SITUATION. I AGAIN RELAYED MY CONCERNS OF THE POOR COM SITUATION E OF THE NOME CLASS E SURFACE AREA AND APOLOGIZED FOR NOT CONFIRMING THAT I HAD BEEN CLRED/RECEIVED. PROB: ONCE CLRED OF CLASS E SURFACE; I DID NOT FEEL COMFORTABLE TO RE-ENTER AIRSPACE FOR RADIO CALL. I FELT THAT I WAS HEARD CLRING THE AIRSPACE. IT WOULD ALSO REQUIRE HIGHER ALT ATTEMPTS AND INCREASED MANEUVERING IN POOR WX. NO OTHER COM WAS AVAILABLE AWAY FROM NOME. ALL THE ABOVE WAS DISCUSSED WITH NOME FSS. I RELAYED THAT AN RCO OR SOME RELAY SHOULD BE INSTALLED E OF THE NOME CLASS E SURFACE SO ACFT OPERATING AT LOW ALTS COULD COM WITH FSS. DURING THE CONVERSATION WITH FSS; ALL APPEARS TO BE SATISFIED WITH THE PROBABILITY OF NO OTHER ACTION TAKEN BY THE FAA. IN FACT; I WAS TOLD THAT THIS CONVERSATION DOES NOT NEED TO BE ON A RECORDED LINE AND WAS GIVEN TELEPHONE NUMBER FOR DISCUSSION. ORIGINAL CALL WAS ON A DIFFERENT TELEPHONE NUMBER WHICH I WAS TOLD WAS BEING RECORDED. NO COM DURING POOR WX AND A REQUIREMENT TO CLR AIRSPACE DEVELOPS SITUATIONS FOR PLTS THAT COULD CONTRIBUTE TO AN ACCIDENT. A HELI PLT MANEUVERING FOR HIGHER ALTS; DIFFERENT POS; CHANGING FREQS AND CTLING HIS ACFT IN MARGINAL CONDITIONS IS A DIFFICULT TASK. COM SYS AT NOME SHOULD POSSIBLY BE REVIEWED.