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An ATC ground station consists of two radar systems and their associated support components. The most prominent component is the PSR. It is also referred to as skin paint radar because it shows not synthetic or alpha-numeric target symbols, but bright (or colored) blips or areas on the radar screen produced by the RF energy reflections from the target's "skin."
The duties are normally combined at 9:30 p.m., when traffic has slackened. But before the collision, an air controller supervisor combined the duties, to allow one air traffic controller to leave early. The union that represents air traffic controllers cautioned against assuming the combined role would make conditions unsafe. [33]
ARSR-3 and 3D search radar were used by the FAA in the Joint Surveillance System (JSS). The radar operated in the L-band at 1250 to 1350 MHz and detected targets at distances beyond 210 nautical miles; 390 kilometres (240 mi). The D model had height-finder capability. Westinghouse also built ARSR-4 3-D air surveillance radar in the 1990s for ...
Potomac TRACON (PCT, radio communications: Potomac Approach and Potomac Departure) is a terminal radar approach control (TRACON) facility in charge of the Washington, D.C. airspace, Washington Special Flight Rules Area, the Baltimore area airspace and the Richmond-Charlottesville area airspace. [1] It is based in Warrenton, Virginia. Potomac ...
Mode S transponders are compatible with Mode A and Mode C Secondary Surveillance Radar (SSR) systems. [2] This is the type of transponder that is used for TCAS or ACAS II ( Airborne Collision Avoidance System ) functions, and is required to implement the extended squitter broadcast, one means of participating in ADS-B systems.
The second advantage of using an ASR-11 is the radar's ability to utilize a pulse sequence diversity. This gives the radar system the capability to limit processing dwells to a small number of pulses. This feature becomes most important when monitoring air traffic is the primary use of the radar.
Radar; Radar altimeter; Air traffic control radar beacon system; Radar control; Radar tracker; Radio navigation; Reduced lateral separation minima; Reduced vertical separation minima; Remote and virtual tower; Required navigation performance; Run and break; Runway visual range
72 Shenandoah SHD 127.925 MHz/269.375 MHz; 07 Wahoo WAH 121.925 MHz/346.375 MHz; During periods of traffic saturation in the Shenandoah Sector, ZDC will split the Shenandoah sector into two sectors, making Wahoo a second Super High Sector over the Roanoke and Lynchburg, Virginia areas.