A publication of the National Air Traffic Controllers Association
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The LGB radar site is now back online and in use at SCT. The radar site was r aised from 37 feet to 67 feet. Feedback from SCT has been positive. Agreements are being worked with the military to ensure availability and performance of the North Island radar. Adding this additional surveillance source shows promise for tracking issues around SAN airport. WAM has been plagued by numerous fits and starts harming t he confidence of the facility. SBS Engineering is in a long - term monitoring posture as additional WAM adaptation changes are introduced to combat reliabi lity and tracking issues seen. A remedy for interference from current environmental issues and LA Stadium const ruction is desperately needed. The second phase of WAM at SCT should be available by May 2018. SAAT has been analyzing Potomac (PCT) Fusion i ssues for potential solutions. The facility has been struggling with a number of issues related to problem rad ar sites or a lack of coverage. Radar analysis is confirming the benefit of adding Quantico (NYG) radar to PCT as well as redu cing obstructions near Dulles. Funding for the additio nal NYG feed is being sought. Raleigh - Durham (RDU) has suffered for too long with tracking issues. A thorough analysis of the situation was provided in late 2017 showing that the RDU ASR itse lf is screened by tree growth. Efforts to reduce this screening are underway but wrapped up in local political issues. SBS has agreed to fund additional radar sensors to help with the Fusion presentation, but if the tree screening is not resolved their tracking issues will continue. NATCA and Ops Support SMEs from SBS have completed a review of numerous requests for addition al radar feeds across the NAS. The focus of our team is those that benefit Fusion tracking. Issues such as service expansion are outside of SBS scope and should be worked through other channels. Ve hicle ADS - B 1289 vehicles equipped at 20 airports. CVG SAT will occur in early May with will add additional 176 units to our matrix. The vehicle team made a trip to IAH and HOU to work out some vehicle issues we have observed through the compliance moni tor, one of which resulted in a false aler t on ASDE - X at HOU last month. All issues were resolved. TACTICAL ACTIO N NOTIFICATION RESPONSE (TANR) Shannon Jenkins (ZME) is the Article 114 Representative for Tactical Action Notification Response (TANR). Her report to the membership is below. C ontinued to establish contact with FacReps from other facilities to better educate and prepare them for upcoming briefings and exercises and to answer any questions they may have. The e xercise for ZBW was on March 27 and was a success. The controllers were very impressed with using TANR and they felt it helped immensely with coordination. There