Citation V/Ultra/Encore (C560)
Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP); Flight Crew Flight Instructor; Flight Crew Multiengine
Flight Crew Last 90 Days 50; Flight Crew Total 8000; Flight Crew Type 2000
Communication Breakdown
ATC Issue All Types
Air Traffic Control Issued New Clearance; Air Traffic Control Provided Assistance
ATC Equipment / Nav Facility / Buildings
Tower instructed us to contact Palm Beach departure after departing Runway 29 [30] at SUA; could hear controller loud and clear; no response from controller to our call. Switched to COM 2; no change. Pilot flying called on his mike - no response. Controller called us; no response to our answer. Controller requested 'ident' and acknowledged. We made numerous attempts to contact departure. Controller told us to climb to 5;000' and acknowledge with an ident. We did so and controller then told us to contact Miami Center. Miami acknowledged our radio call immediately. Exactly the same thing happened departing SUA; Runway 29 three days later. Departure frequency was 132.8.
CE560 Captain departing Runway 30 at SUA experiences lost comm with PBI Departure on 132.8; with the crew able to hear Departure but Departure could not hear the crew. No problems were experienced on Tower frequency prior to or ZMA after the event. The exact same scenario repeated three days later.