CORP SMT UNABLE TO CONTACT ARTCC ON FLT FROM MEXICO PROCEEDED NO RADIO CONTACT AND LANDED DESTINATION.

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I WAS IFR FROM CHIHUAHUA; MEXICO; TO PRESIDIO; CA; ON A FLT PLAN FILED WITH CHIHUAHUA FSS. THE CLRNC READ; 'CLRED TO THE CUU 50 DME 043 DEG FIX; MAINTAIN 10000'.' UPON REACHING THE CUU 043/50 I RPTED TO MMCU DEP AND WAS NOT GIVEN HDOF. THEREFORE I ASKED FOR A FREQ BUT MMCU DEP SAID THAT I WAS BREAKING UP AND THAT THEY COULD NOT HEAR ME. I TRIED REPEATEDLY TO GET A FREQ FROM MMCU DEP BUT WAS UNABLE. THEN I LOOKED AT THE CHART AND GOT THE FREQ FOR ABQ CENTER IN THAT SECTOR. THIS FREQ WAS 132.55. I COULD NOT REACH ABQ CENTER ON THIS FREQ AND ATTEMPTED TO REACH EL PASO FSS ON 122.1 WHILE LISTENING ON THE MARFA VOR (MRF) 115.9. I COULD NOT GET AN ANSWER FROM EL PASO FSS. THEREFORE I PROCEEDED TO TX 07; AND UPON HAVING THE ARPT IN SIGHT; I DSNDED VISUALLY AND LANDED. WX WAS GOOD VFR; WINDS GUSTING 25-30 KTS. I LANDED UNEVENTFULLY AND WAS MET BY THE CUSTOMS OFFICER I HAD CALLED BEFORE LEAVING CHIHUAHUA AND CLRED CUSTOMS AND IMMIGRATION UNEVENTFULLY. I CALLED EL PASO FSS AND CANCELLED MY FLT PLAN AND FILED ANOTHER PLAN FOR A FLT TO ALN. I ASKED THE EL PASO FSS BRIEFER TO CHK WITH CENTER AND ASK WHY I COULD NOT REACH THEM AND TO ASK IF THEY WANTED TO TALK WITH ME. HE SAID THAT THEY SHOULD HAVE BEEN ABLE TO REACH ME AND THAT THERE WAS NO PROB. AN SMT DEPARTED BEFORE ME AND ON DEP WE WERE BOTH TRYING TO REACH ABQ CENTER ON 132.55. HE FINALLY REACHED ABQ AND CALLED ME AND SAID THAT HE COULD NOT REACH ABQ UNTIL LEAVING 11000'. I MADE CONTACT ABOUT THE SAME ALT. THE EL PASO FSS BRIEFER SAID THAT MMCU CTLR SHOULD HAVE GIVEN ME A HDOF I AM NOT SURE THAT THIS IS CORRECT. THE FBO AT PRESIDIO; TX SAID THAT THIS SOMETIMES HAPPENS THERE AND IS NOT A PROB. ALTHOUGH THE MEA ON V81 FROM CUU TO MRF IS 10000'; I WILL FILE FOR A HIGHER ALT ON MY NEXT FLT FROM MMCU TO PRESIDIO.