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Controller at socal TRACON contends that the ics communications equipment is not satisfactory for 2 position radar sectors because both interphone and radio xmissions are through the headset simultaneously.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 346507 |
| Time | |
| Date | 199609 |
| Day | Thu |
| Local Time Of Day | 0601 To 1200 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | atc facility : lax |
| State Reference | CA |
| Altitude | agl bound lower : 0 agl bound upper : 0 |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | government : faa |
| Function | controller : approach |
| Qualification | controller : radar |
| Experience | controller military : 19 controller non radar : 6 controller radar : 9 flight time last 90 days : 100 flight time total : 2800 |
| ASRS Report | 346507 |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | other anomaly other |
| Independent Detector | other controllera |
| Resolutory Action | none taken : unable |
| Consequence | Other |
| Supplementary | |
| Air Traffic Incident | other |
| Situations | |
| ATC Facility | other physical facility |
Narrative:
The intercom system that is used at sct is poorly designed, work intensive, and hampers aviation communications. There are 2 controllers working a position but only 1 can talk to aircraft. If this person is busy, aircraft must repeat xmissions, blocking aircraft, or return to last frequency. Also when the handoff man performs coordination, the ics system is so poorly designed that he must listen to aircraft xmissions and perform coordination at the same time. Both of these xmissions are going into the controller's ear instead of the aircraft. Xmissions going through a speaker.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: CTLR AT SOCAL TRACON CONTENDS THAT THE ICS COMS EQUIP IS NOT SATISFACTORY FOR 2 POS RADAR SECTORS BECAUSE BOTH INTERPHONE AND RADIO XMISSIONS ARE THROUGH THE HEADSET SIMULTANEOUSLY.
Narrative: THE INTERCOM SYS THAT IS USED AT SCT IS POORLY DESIGNED, WORK INTENSIVE, AND HAMPERS AVIATION COMS. THERE ARE 2 CTLRS WORKING A POS BUT ONLY 1 CAN TALK TO ACFT. IF THIS PERSON IS BUSY, ACFT MUST REPEAT XMISSIONS, BLOCKING ACFT, OR RETURN TO LAST FREQ. ALSO WHEN THE HDOF MAN PERFORMS COORD, THE ICS SYS IS SO POORLY DESIGNED THAT HE MUST LISTEN TO ACFT XMISSIONS AND PERFORM COORD AT THE SAME TIME. BOTH OF THESE XMISSIONS ARE GOING INTO THE CTLR'S EAR INSTEAD OF THE ACFT. XMISSIONS GOING THROUGH A SPEAKER.
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.