Nct controller described oak radar limitation during southeast plan combined position operations; alleging target losses of west (oceanic) arrival aircraft.

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Attributes
ACN	767562
Time
Date	200712
Local Time Of Day	1801 To 2400
Place
Locale Reference	atc facility : nct.tracon
State Reference	CA
Altitude	msl bound lower : 5000 msl bound upper : 11000
Person 1
Affiliation	government : faa
Function	controller : approach
Qualification	controller : radar
Experience	controller supervisory : 24 controller time certified in position1 : 6
ASRS Report	767562
Events
Independent Detector	other controllera
Resolutory Action	none taken : anomaly accepted
Supplementary
Problem Areas	Navigational Facility
Primary Problem	Navigational Facility
Situations
ATC Facility	radar equipment : pct.tracon

Narrative:

I was working the boulder and laguna position during southeast radar operations when several targets (radar tags) inbound from the west (oceanic arrs) dropped completely. This happens nearly every time boulder and laguna position are combined during southeast operations.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: NCT CTLR DESCRIBED OAK RADAR LIMITATION DURING SE PLAN COMBINED POSITION OPS; ALLEGING TARGET LOSSES OF WEST (OCEANIC) ARR ACFT.

Narrative: I WAS WORKING THE BOULDER AND LAGUNA POS DURING SE RADAR OPS WHEN SEVERAL TARGETS (RADAR TAGS) INBOUND FROM THE W (OCEANIC ARRS) DROPPED COMPLETELY. THIS HAPPENS NEARLY EVERY TIME BOULDER AND LAGUNA POS ARE COMBINED DURING SE OPS.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of January 2009 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.