Whopper-jawed Squawk Codes

[ETres]

Essplain how this happened: I requested and received VFR Flight Following from Approach and was assigned a squawk of 7524. I wrote it down, read it back, entered 7524 in the transponder - all good. Later I was transferred to Center. Center seemed confused as to my identity, then finally said I should be squawking 7425. So I changed it to 7425 from 7524.

How did that happen? Does ATC sometimes miscommunicate with one another on codes? Or perhaps Approach read "7524" to me, but intended to say "7425," but never noticed?

 

[Pilawt]

Like the rest of us, ATC sometimes gets their tongue in front of their eye tooth and can't see what they're saying.

 

[RyanB]

Sounds like a human error. Something we’re all susceptible to at one point or another.

 

[luvflyin]

Essplain how this happened: I requested and received VFR Flight Following from Approach and was assigned a squawk of 7524. I wrote it down, read it back, entered 7524 in the transponder - all good. Later I was transferred to Center. Center seemed confused as to my identity, then finally said I should be squawking 7425. So I changed it to 7425 from 7524.

How did that happen? Does ATC sometimes miscommunicate with one another on codes? Or perhaps Approach read "7524" to me, but intended to say "7425," but never noticed?

Which Approach Control was it? Did they ever say Radar Contact or did you first hear that from the Center? How much later was later?

 

[asicer]

Essplain how this happened: I requested and received VFR Flight Following from Approach and was assigned a squawk of 7524. I wrote it down, read it back, entered 7524 in the transponder - all good. Later I was transferred to Center. Center seemed confused as to my identity, then finally said I should be squawking 7425. So I changed it to 7425 from 7524.

How did that happen? Does ATC sometimes miscommunicate with one another on codes? Or perhaps Approach read "7524" to me, but intended to say "7425," but never noticed?

Any chance it's on LiveATC?