Section 4. COMMUNICATIONS OUTLETS
NOTAMs
5-4-1. GENERAL
Originate NOTAMs concerning communications outlets for which your facility has monitor responsibility.
5-4-2. REPORTING COMMUNICATIONS OUTLET MALFUNCTIONS
The specialist in charge of the watch shall report any known or reported malfunctions of a communication outlet to technical operations or appropriate personnel and coordinate issuance of a NOTAM.
5-4-3. NOTAM (D) COMMUNICATIONS OUTLETS
a. The flight service specialist is responsible for formatting the information correctly.
NOTE-
The examples used in this order are representative of the format discussed in this paragraph.
b. For guidance on NOTAM D composition, see paragraph 4-2-1, NOTAM Composition.
c. Disseminate the following conditions as NOTAM D pertaining to the operation of communications outlets that are part of the NAS when an outage occurs or when a scheduled shutdown is expected to be more than 1 hour.
1. Commissioning, decommissioning, outage, or unavailability of communications outlets for the following:
EXAMPLE-
!GSO GSO COM RCO 122.55 CMSND
(a) All published ATC frequencies and all communication frequencies will be issued with the affected frequency when out of service.
EXAMPLE-
!INW INW COM RCO 122.6 OTS
NOTE-
Winslow's other frequency 255.4 is still operating. If both were out of service, you would just put "INW COM RCO OTS."
EXAMPLES-
!DCA PSK SVC CD OTS
!BNA MBT COM GCO 135.075 OTS
!ENA ENA COM LAA OTS
NOTE-
Local Airport Advisory frequency out of service
(b) If several frequencies are out, but one is still operating, issue the out-of-service frequencies in one NOTAM.
EXAMPLES-
!DCA PSK COM RCO OTS
!IPT IPT COM VOR VOICE OTS
!DCA OKV COM RTR OTS
!FAI FAI COM FISH RCO OTS
!GCK GCK COM RCAG OTS WEF 0711020500
NOTE-
If the NAVAID is out of service or unmonitored, the VOICE is automatically out of service.
2. EFAS/HIWAS:
(a) Outage of communications outlets shall be advertised as a separate NOTAM for each outlet.
EXAMPLES-
!CRW CRW COM EFAS OUTLET 122.0 OTS
!BGR BGR COM EFAS OUTLET 133.925 OTS
!LYH LYH SVC HIWAS OUTLET OTS
(b) Commissioning or nonavailability of a new outlet.
EXAMPLES-
!CRW CRW SVC EFAS OUTLET UNAVBL
!LYH LYH SVC HIWAS OUTLET 122.0 CMSND
!CRW CRW SVC EFAS OUTLET 133.925 CMSND
NOTE-
Individual outlet NOTAMs shall be issued by the FSS facility that has NOTAM responsibility for the outlet after notification by the FWCS or the HIWAS broadcast facility.
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