If you don't have a nav radio, how do you contact FSS remote?

"Michael" <crwdog69@m> wrote in message news:449a3d6e.0307221230.7179f599@c om...
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> In a decade and 1500+ hours of flying, I've never had occasion to talk
> to FSS while listening on a VOR frequency. I'm sure someone will pipe
> up to tell us that while climbing out of some Podunk airport in the
> hills, the only way to talk to FSS is via a VOR remote, and I don't
> doubt that such places exist. However, unless you're going to be
> based at one, I really wouldn't worry about it.
>
Try flying in mountainous areas. It's dodgy raising flight watch/FSS
on any frequency in some areas of WV/Western MD, PA. I've resorted
to using the remote outlets..

"Sydney Hoeltzli" <last_name@swbell.net> wrote in message news:3F1F6714.1070903@swbell.net...

> Listening to FSS on a VOR is painful for us because our Nav
> radios have weak voice reception and lots of static

Much better than when on 122.2 and only getting half the message

Navion 5327K, lets see a frontal system ....static... NE of Columbus ...static
... Level 6 ... static ....

And the guy keeps talking for three minutes without releasing the PTT. Now
where are those Level 6 returns at again? I think I'll just land and call 1-800-VFRNOTRECOMMENDED.