When I fly around in Flight Simulator in some very remote parts of the world like the islands of Alaska or in the middle east of Afghanistan, I often wonder how my radio signal gets sent all the way to center. I know this to be true for the real world. I don't think there are interlinked repeaters for ATC communications, so I was thinking dedicated phone lines are used. Is that true?
When I fly around the islands of Alaska I'm usually in touch with Anchorage. So I can only imagine there is a dedicated phone line that goes all the way from these islands to Anchorage. Same must be true crossing the desert from Denver all the way to Vegas. I often make that trip in the Sim. In fact, when you get outside of Vegas about 10 miles or so you are in contact with Los Angeles.
Thanks for your reply.
When I fly around the islands of Alaska I'm usually in touch with Anchorage. So I can only imagine there is a dedicated phone line that goes all the way from these islands to Anchorage. Same must be true crossing the desert from Denver all the way to Vegas. I often make that trip in the Sim. In fact, when you get outside of Vegas about 10 miles or so you are in contact with Los Angeles.
Thanks for your reply.