ZDC CTLR EXPRESSED CONCERN REGARDING ON GOING COM PROBS AT SECTOR 26.

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I AM FILLING OUT THIS FORM AFTER WORKING A SECTOR THAT HAS HAD SERIOUS PROBS WITH ADEQUATE RADIO RECEPTION FOR MONTHS NOW. THE SAMPSON SECTOR 26 AT ZDC HAS AN RCAG SITE LOCATED AT ILM ARPT; NC. UP UNTIL A FEW MONTHS AGO; IT WORKED FINE. HOWEVER; IT IS NOW A DAILY; ALMOST HOURLY OCCURRENCE -- WHERE YOU CANNOT COMMUNICATE WITH SOME OF THE ACFT IN THE SECTOR. JUST TODAY; I COULD NOT HEAR THE READBACK OF AN ACFT AT FL180; WHO WAS 15 MI S OF FAY. I HAD ANOTHER AT 15000 FT 30 NM N OF ILM AND COULD NOT HEAR HIM. RDUZ DEPS THAT ENTER MY SECTOR HDG SBOUND; CANNOT BE HEARD UNTIL THEY'RE OUT OF 10000 FT; SOMETIMES HIGHER. SWITCHING TO THE BACKUP (#2) RECEIVER NETS THE SAME POOR RESULT AS THE MAIN RECEIVER. SWITCHING TO BUEC; WHICH IS NOT LOCATED AT ILM HAS ITS OWN BLIND AREAS. THIS HAS BEEN A WELL-DOCUMENTED ISSUE THAT AIRWAYS FACILITIES AND AIR TFC HAVE KNOWN ABOUT; YET THERE HAS BEEN NO REMEDY; NOR CHANGE TO THE SITUATION. MAINT AND SUPPORT HAVE TAKEN A BACKSEAT TO POLITICS. THEY WAIT TO FIX SOMETHING AFTER IT'S BROKEN; AND EVEN THEN; SCRATCH THEIR COLLECTIVE-HEADS TO FIGURE OUT WHERE THE RESOURCES WILL COME FROM TO FIX THE PROB THAT THEY'VE NEGLECTED ALL ALONG.