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Controller attempted to open a radar position and was finally successful on the third display (scope) after the first 2 were found with deficiencies precluding their operations use.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 345505 |
| Time | |
| Date | 199608 |
| Day | Mon |
| Local Time Of Day | 0601 To 1200 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | atc facility : stl |
| State Reference | MO |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | Marginal |
| Light | Daylight |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | government : faa |
| Function | controller : approach |
| Qualification | controller : radar |
| Experience | controller military : 4 controller radar : 19 |
| ASRS Report | 345505 |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | other anomaly other |
| Independent Detector | other controllera |
| Resolutory Action | none taken : anomaly accepted |
| Consequence | Other |
| Supplementary | |
| Air Traffic Incident | other |
Narrative:
I was told to open a radar position. The scope's map was very dim and unusable with map gain maximum'ed out. Moved to another scope. This scope had no primary on the blv side. When switched to stl site we had no radar at all! Had to move to third scope.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: CTLR ATTEMPTED TO OPEN A RADAR POS AND WAS FINALLY SUCCESSFUL ON THE THIRD DISPLAY (SCOPE) AFTER THE FIRST 2 WERE FOUND WITH DEFICIENCIES PRECLUDING THEIR OPS USE.
Narrative: I WAS TOLD TO OPEN A RADAR POS. THE SCOPE'S MAP WAS VERY DIM AND UNUSABLE WITH MAP GAIN MAX'ED OUT. MOVED TO ANOTHER SCOPE. THIS SCOPE HAD NO PRIMARY ON THE BLV SIDE. WHEN SWITCHED TO STL SITE WE HAD NO RADAR AT ALL! HAD TO MOVE TO THIRD SCOPE.
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.