Narrative:

Qxu radar site has been turned off for many days. Aircraft X was conducting a photo mission VFR/040. He was constantly dropping into and out of radar contact. Aircraft Y was landing N66 and requesting lower to do a visual approach. I lost radar contact on aircraft X when aircraft Y was getting close. I told aircraft Y about the general location of aircraft X. I anticipated losing radar contact with aircraft Y as well. He then canceled and went VFR the rest of the way.this is a very unsafe situation. Qxu radar site must be turned back on!

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Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: ZBW Controller reports of a radar problem associated with the turning off of the radar site for a couple of days. He loses radar contact on an aircraft that he knows is close to another aircraft.

Narrative: QXU Radar site has been turned off for many days. Aircraft X was conducting a photo mission VFR/040. He was constantly dropping into and out of radar contact. Aircraft Y was landing N66 and requesting lower to do a visual approach. I lost radar contact on Aircraft X when Aircraft Y was getting close. I told Aircraft Y about the general location of Aircraft X. I anticipated losing radar contact with Aircraft Y as well. He then canceled and went VFR the rest of the way.This is a very unsafe situation. QXU radar site must be turned back on!

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site and automatically converted to unabbreviated mixed upper/lowercase text. This report is for informational purposes with no guarantee of accuracy. See NASA's ASRS site for official report.