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attendance at the Tech Center. A Radar Beacon Analysis Tool (RBAT) was created that will help identify which radar s are providing poor input and how to assimilate the potential surveillance sour ces into the Fusion Tile Sets. o The RBAT tool is already planned for use at PCT, C90 , and N90 as a preventative measure before we turn on STARS there. o The RBAT tool will be used to analyze existing STARS facilities where radar jumping and ghost targets have been problematic. • STARS/TAMR Phase 3 Segment 1 update submitted by Doug Peterson - D10 . o St Louis TRACON (T75) completed a successful transition from CARTS to STARS and declared continuous operations February 5, 2016. This marks the eighth of eleven large TRACONS that were operational on the ARTS3E Common ARTS platform that are now using STARS . The transition for the ninth facility, Potomac TRACON (PCT) , will begin this week. Only Chicago (C90) and New York (N90) remain. o Two important software Operational Test and Evaluations were completed this month. S06.R3A drop 5 was tested and deemed opera tionally suitable for Southern California TRACON (SCT). This is crucial to success at SCT. This software contains significant enhancements and additional tools to deal with unsatisfactory Radar tracking performance at SCT. Installation of the new software and live operational evaluation began on Feb 19. There were a large num ber of potentially significant trouble reports on day one. New adaptation has been delivered each night correcting the most significant reports. These have been extremely successful and day three has shown an 88% reduction in trouble reports over day one. o So6R3C was also judged operationally suitable and will be deployed at PCT. This build contains the last scheduled software enhancements to STARS that were intended to close all the oper ational and functional gaps, or differences between CARTS and STARS. Keysite testing for this software began Feb 20 at Dallas Fort Worth TRACON. • STARS/TAMR Phase 3 Segment 2 update submitted by Scott Robillard - K90 . o Segment 2 is progressing at breakneck pac e. The most recent transition from ARTS IIE to STARS was in FAR on February 6, 2016. STARS G4 Elite deployment is beginning a process to replace a num ber of legacy G1 STARS systems. o The most recent activities occurred in SBA, who joined Y90 and R90 as part of the G1 to G4 Elite Tech Refresh. As S804 Realignments progress across the NAS, it is important to acknowledge that ABI has emerged and is being transformed from a former transfer site to a SEG2 STARS G4 Elite TRA - CAB. • STARS/TAMR Phase 1 update submitte d by Jimmie White - PHL o A90/BOS : A plan will be put together the week of the 23rd to get Cadre training complete for FSL/EFSL functions. o PIT : Joint Site Survey (JS S) begins on the week of 3/14. Teah Lord (F11) will represent NATCA fo r the Phase 1 deployment team. Preparations are already underway to make this a smooth transition. o F11 : During the F11 Cutover Discussion t elcon, it was learned the preceding adaptation changed functionality the facility has been using for about a year now. These changes also affe c ted Sanford Tower (satellite). It was believed the changes came from the program and a Plain