SMA PILOT DESCRIBED COMMUNICATIONS PROBLEMS WITH ZAN DURING AN APPROACH ATTEMPT TO RBY; RECOMMENDING ADDITIONAL REMOTE RADIO SITES BE DEVELOPED.

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PRIOR TO HORSI INTXN; THE CTLR ADVISED ME TO CONTACT ANCHORAGE IN 5 MINS. I WAS LEVEL 10000 FT GOING DIRECT POYOK INTXN. I TRIED SEVERAL TIMES TO COMMUNICATE WITH CTR; AND WAS UNABLE. I DID GET THROUGH ONCE TO HEAR PARTIAL WX; BUT WAS NOT COMPLETELY READABLE; AND I UNDERSTOOD THAT IT WAS 1 HR OLD. I CONTINUED FOR THE APCH (AND TRIED TO CHK WX ON #2 RADIO). I CALLED 10 MI PRIOR TO POYOK AND REQUEST APCH CLRNC AND ADVISED THAT I WOULD NEED A THROUGH CLRNC. I HAD NO REPLY. THE CTLR SEEMED BUSY. I CALLED 3 MI PRIOR TO IAF; NO REPLY. I CALLED 30 SECONDS FROM IAF; NO REPLY. (DURING THIS TIME; I TRIED USING BOTH RADIOS AND IT MADE NO DIFFERENCE WHICH ONE I USED.) I WAS STILL AT 10000 FT. I PASSED THE IAF AND CONTINUED ON THE APCH PATH. JUST PRIOR TO THE INTERMEDIATE FIX; I COULD BARELY MAKE OUT THAT THE CTLR WAS CLEARING ME FOR AN APCH. I STATED I WAS UNABLE FROM THIS ALT; AND REQUESTED A DIVERSION TO GAL. (THIS WAS DUE TO POOR COM; AND NOT ABLE TO RECEIVE THE AWOS AT RBY. I COULD; HOWEVER; RECEIVED THE GAL AWOS ON BOTH RADIOS.) SUGGESTIONS: 1) THE BEST SOLUTION WOULD BE TO PROVIDE AN RCO (EITHER FSS OR CTR) ON GALENA MTN. 2) FAILING THIS; A PROC COULD BE PUT INTO PLACE FOR ACFT IN AND OUT OF RBY. CTLRS SHOULD EXPECT THAT A THROUGH CLRNC WILL BE REQUIRED. I COMMONLY PLACE THE WORDS 'ANTICIPATE THROUGH CLRNC' IN THE REMARKS SECTION; AND DEPENDING ON THE CTLR I MAY OR MAY NOT GET ONE. FOR ACFT COMING FROM FAIRBANKS; THE CTLR NEEDS TO SPEAK WITH THE NEXT CTLR AND COORD A) THE APCH CLRNC; AND B) THE THROUGH CLRNC. PLTS CAN PROVIDE VERY ACCURATE ARR TIMES WITH GPS AND ESTIMATED GND TIMES TO ASSIST THE CTLRS IN THIS AS I REALIZE IT INCREASES THEIR WORKLOADS. ALSO; IF A CTLR CANNOT CLR THE ACFT TO AN ARPT (SUCH AS GAL) DUE TO OTHER TFC; IT SHOULD GENERALLY BE ACCEPTED THAT THEY CLR US TO A FIX (SUCH AS ZOMBY); ETC. ALTERNATIVELY THEY CAN CLR US TO AN ALT ABOVE DEPARTING ACFT. ALL SAID AND DONE; THE REAL SOLUTION IS AN RCO. WITH THE FUTURE ADVENT OF SURFACE BASED CLASS E AROUND RBY; THIS TYPE OF RPTING WILL BECOME MORE AND MORE COMMON. ALTERNATIVELY PLTS MAY DECIDE TO FLY BELOW WX MINIMUMS BECAUSE IT IS 'EASIER.' THIS UNFORTUNATE REALITY COULD BE THE CAUSE OF A MAJOR ACCIDENT; WHICH COULD BE RESOLVED BY SOMEBODY SPENDING A RELATIVELY SMALL AMOUNT OF MONEY FOR AN RCO.