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... flying has been an on and off thing for years, mostly off due to postage stamp screens, low-power PC, and little patience. Well, it's all different now (as of last Summer 2017). I have a 55" Samsung 4K screen running full 4K, TrackIR Pro for looking around, X-Camera for flipping between looks at ...

... can track you.

It's sometimes not obvious what frequency to use. The postage stamp boxes on Skyvector charts are usually appropriate but if you call in and ATC wants you on another area frequency they will tell you without a problem.

Good luck.

... frequencies you wrote down for CENTER were likely taken from those "postage stamp" boxes right? If so, those are mainly used for POP-UP IFR or radar service requests. Tune to those when you were not previously speaking to a controller. It will Route you to the nearest receiver and get you in ...

... frequencies you wrote down for CENTER were likely taken from those "postage stamp" boxes right? If so, those are mainly used for POP-UP IFR or radar service requests. Tune to those when you were not previously speaking to a controller. It will Route you to the nearest receiver and get you in ...

... com). Just look for the nearest Oakland ARTCC frequency in the 'postage stamp' boxes on the enroute chart.

A 'published CTAF' is not what you're looking for in terms of reaching ATC. That frequency is used to self-announce your position (ie, the same frequency you would use for self announcing ...

... com). Just look for the nearest Oakland ARTCC frequency in the 'postage stamp' boxes on the enroute chart.

A 'published CTAF' is not what you're looking for in terms of reaching ATC. That frequency is used to self-announce your position (ie, the same frequency you would use for self announcing ...

What's an example of a center freq from postage stamp that isn't working?

Thanks! I've tried the postage stamp boxes in the past with varying success. Didn't know about the other option though! Appreciate it!

Find the nearest center frequency on an IFR chart in a "postage stamp" box.

Or use this feature on MyFlightRoute.com. You simply select your user name and it will display the 10 nearest center frequencies.

... control the airspace, in which case you'd contact them directly.Then you'd pick one of the "postage stamp" frequencies on the IFR enroute charts.