April 30, 20224 yr The other day I was doing a VFR flight from KBNA to KMEM. Prior to the flight I requested traffic advisories, was given my squawk code and off I went. About halfway through the flight, I canceled the traffic advisories. The Center ATC acknowledged the request and told me frequency change was approved. About 30 miles or so out from KMEM, I tuned to Approach as I was going to check in or request 'B' space entry. As soon as I did that, however, the ATC voice instructed me to tune back to Center. Because I have my Pilot2atc settings to automatically tune frequencies, it did then automatically switch it back to Center. Thereafter, I thought maybe I needed to instead select the option to cancel VFR following altogether so that it will allow me to switch to Approach? So I tried that, only this time was instructed to change my squawk code to 1200, and again was told 'frequency change approved'. When I tried to change to Approach again, I was once again instructed to return to Center. If my frequency change was approved upon canceling VFR traffic advisories (or canceling any kind of VFR following whatsoever), why did ATC resist my attempt to change to KMEM Approach? Perhaps I was doing something procedurally incorrect?
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