ATC equipment problem icss position failures caused loss of communication.

Attributes
ACN	275097
Time
Date	199406
Day	Mon
Local Time Of Day	0601 To 1200
Place
Locale Reference	atc facility : pae
State Reference	WA
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Person 1
Affiliation	government : faa
Function	controller : local
Qualification	controller : non radar
ASRS Report	275097
Person 2
Affiliation	government : faa
Function	other personnel other
Qualification	other other : other
Events
Anomaly	other anomaly other
Independent Detector	other controllera
Resolutory Action	none taken : unable
Consequence	faa : investigated
Supplementary
Primary Problem	Navigational Facility
Air Traffic Incident	other
Situations
ATC Facility	other physical facility

Narrative:

This is still an ongoing problem. 1 min you can transmit, and the next, the position freezes up. The receivers appear to work, but the transmitters are totally dead.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: ATC EQUIP PROB ICSS POS FAILURES CAUSED LOSS OF COM.

Narrative: THIS IS STILL AN ONGOING PROB. 1 MIN YOU CAN XMIT, AND THE NEXT, THE POS FREEZES UP. THE RECEIVERS APPEAR TO WORK, BUT THE XMITTERS ARE TOTALLY DEAD.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of July 2007 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.