Narrative:

The radio/telephone company jack at the AR2 grove radar position had been experiencing transmitting problems for the last 3-4 days. Telephone company technicians replaced the jack this morning, tested and proclaimed problem repaired. A supervisor checked the position and accepted it from maintenance. While working the position about 1 hour later, the jack failed again and I was unable to communicate reliably with aircraft under my control. Another radar position assumed control of my sector and the grove position was again taken OTS. I would guess this is the 6TH or so time in the last 3-4 days this same scenario has occurred, ie, communications ability lost with IFR and VFR aircraft, position combined, maintenance checked and returned to service and failed again.

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Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: COMS JACK AT RADAR SECTOR FAILS AFTER SEVERAL ALLEGED ATTEMPTS TO REPAIR BY AIRWAYS FACULTIES TECHNICIANS.

Narrative: THE RADIO/TELCO JACK AT THE AR2 GROVE RADAR POS HAD BEEN EXPERIENCING XMITTING PROBS FOR THE LAST 3-4 DAYS. TELCO TECHNICIANS REPLACED THE JACK THIS MORNING, TESTED AND PROCLAIMED PROB REPAIRED. A SUPVR CHKED THE POS AND ACCEPTED IT FROM MAINT. WHILE WORKING THE POS ABOUT 1 HR LATER, THE JACK FAILED AGAIN AND I WAS UNABLE TO COMMUNICATE RELIABLY WITH ACFT UNDER MY CTL. ANOTHER RADAR POS ASSUMED CTL OF MY SECTOR AND THE GROVE POS WAS AGAIN TAKEN OTS. I WOULD GUESS THIS IS THE 6TH OR SO TIME IN THE LAST 3-4 DAYS THIS SAME SCENARIO HAS OCCURRED, IE, COMS ABILITY LOST WITH IFR AND VFR ACFT, POS COMBINED, MAINT CHKED AND RETURNED TO SVC AND FAILED AGAIN.

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.