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Test. The effort is intended to monitor effects of ADS - B Radio degradation as they systematically disable components. Though TechOps centric, the effects from an Air Tra ffic perspective need to be better understood as well. NATCA pointed out that staffing would not allow support on the planned date in December, and SBS agreed to move to January. o Participated in a discussion with NATCA TAMR, NATCA OSF, NATCA PMO, and NATCA N90 reps on the plan forward to reach fusion at N90. All agreed that the risks and workload involved do not justify rushing toward fusion in CARTS. Instead, the better approach of establishing N90 on STARS and providing additional radar feeds will offer the best chance of success. o Led our weekly NATCA SBS telcon. Discussed ongoing events of the week and planned activity. o Participated in a discussion on the draft Notice for CLT WAM operations and test strategy for an upcoming informal operat ional assessment. · Craig Bielek (A90) o Monday Worked on Currency o Tuesday traveled to Fresno o Wednesday and Thursday conducted fusion evaluation at Fresno (FAT). The fusion tracker looks very good. There are some false targets that are pr esent from one of the radars being used, however they should be easy to mitigate. o Wednesday participated in a discussion on Fusion at N90 and conducted and ADS - B only briefing for Norfolk (ORF). · Dan Hamilton (SFO), National Airport Surface Surv eillance Capability (ASSC) Rep o ASSC: Initial integration work continues at SFO with the current ASDE3. Installation of ASSC will start in the new tower at SFO next week. o Vehicle ADS - B: further research is being done regarding STIR regions implement ed by Harris. A meeting will take place next week to include NATCA, NASE engineering and the Program Office to discuss STIR regions and how we move forward with mitigating issues. o ASDE - X Refresh: continues with no issues. o Traveled to Fresno (FAT) to assist Craig Bielek with a Fusion evaluation. Mr. Bielek was extremely helpful in Mr. Hamilton education of the Fusion system. Knowledge was also gained as to how surface surveillance can assist in mitigating potential issues that radar controllers may experience. · Andrew Stachowiak (I90) o Participated in the R90 and TUL ADS - B only Refresher, CLT WAM VR Draft Document, and the NATCA SBS weekly teleconference. o Continued testing at the Tech Center for STARS ELITE OT&E. Tested all of the ADS - B CHI functionality to include DA and CSMM alerts in Fuse and Multimode. Saw new Multi Func Z slew on a track, Enter functionality; this gives a real time display of the last 10 radar hits. This is a valuable new tool that was used throughout my testing.