ATC warning

[Alexa_bliss]

I was flying from Heathrow to Schipol when I was starting my decent. I was asked to contact schipol tower but when I tried to switch onto the frequency, schipol tower wasn’t in my ATC menu. Can anyone help please??

[Panther]

Were you within range of the airport? (25NM)
Was this on Expert?

[Jackclarke825]

Hi Alexa,

@anon88794458 provides an excellent photo in his post (see below) about when you will be able to contact frequencies/when ATC should send you an on-guard warning. I wouldn’t worry if you’re unable to contact them when asked to - it often happens in TS1 that you’re told to contact a certain frequency but you’re still 200nm out! Just keep going until you’re in-range.

If this was on expert, again, I would just keep going until I’m in range, and I would take some screenshots just in case I got ghosted!

ATC personnel trying to contact you past thirty miles out

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I hope this helps,

Jack

EDIT: Here’s the link to the other thread I found the image on:

ATC personnel trying to contact you past thirty miles out

You mods can move this post if necessary… This has become a pet peeve of mine recently…in that I am at a loss to answer why some tower and approach controllers usually on TS1 but not always… have an obsession of sorts with trying to contact a pilot… 30 …50 …or in some cases over a hundred miles out…as if they were within visual range and they could see them clearly from the tower…l wish l could see a plane 100 miles away…but then l have no supernatural powers …and not just once but several tim…

[Alexa_bliss]

Thanks I will have a look at this.

[Alexa_bliss]

I’m not sure but i will check next time.

[Panther]

Was this on the Expert server?