London FAA Radar Site

London FAA Radar Site (1959-Active) - A Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) Long Range Radar (LRR) site first established in 1959 near London, Madison County, Ohio. The site is used to identify and track military and civilian aircraft movements within a 200-mile radius and to provide air-ground radio communication with those aircraft. Assigned an FAA ID of QWO. Active FAA Radar Site. History This site became an FAA radar site in 1959, furnishing radar track data to the FAA ARTCCs and to USAF Direction Centers. The initial FAA ARSR-1 search radar remained in operation until it was modified to become a CARSR radar. A FYQ-47 Common Digitizer was probably placed in service by February 1973 when the USAF/FAA FST-2 to FYQ-47 replacement program was completed. By 1990 the site was equipped with an ARSR-1E search radar and a CD-2A Common Digitizer. The London CD-2A was scheduled to receive an upgrade kit to implement three level weather data processing in September 1992. CARSR Radar The nationwide replacement program converting FAA legacy radar systems to the CARSR radar configuration was completed by 17 Aug 2015 and London FAA Radar Site was a part of that program. Legacy FAA radars underwent a Service Life Extension Program (SLEP) that replaced key components in the vintage ARSR-1, ARSR-2, FPS-20, FPS-66 and FPS-67 radars. The CARSR program replaced legacy klystron radar transmitters with a solid-state transmitter as well as renovating the radar receiver and signal processor. The CARSR modification also included common digitizer functionality making a separate common digitizer unnecessary. The London FAA Radar Site is now operating with the CARSR radar. At the time of the CARSR changeout, the legacy radar in place was listed as an ARSR-1 and the CARSR conversion included a 7172 Antenna. The secondary radar for the site is the ATCBI-6 Beacon set. The radar site data is now available to the USAF/NORAD Battle Control System-Fixed (BCS-F) operations centers (EADS & WADS) as well as the FAA Indianapolis ARTCC (ZID) and adjacent ARTCCs. Other federal agencies have access to the data under the Homeland Security umbrella. London FAA Site Major Equipment List Search Radar Height Radar Data Systems IFF/SIF/Beacon ARSR-1 ARSR-1E CARSR FYQ-47 CD-2A ATCBI-6 Current Status Active FAA facility near London in Madison County, Ohio. Location: Hwy 12 (Old Xenia Road SW), Near London in Madison County, Ohio. Maps & Images Lat: 39.84611 Long: -83.48167 Multi Maps from ACME Maps from Bing Maps from Google Elevation: 1,087' GPS Locations: 39.84611, -83.48167 London FAA Radar Site See Also: Indianapolis ARTCC JSS System FAA Air Route Traffic Control Centers US Radar Sets Sources: FAA - Site Listing of Legacy Radars as of 23 Dec 2016. U.S. DoT - Recommendation on Transition from Primary/Secondary Radar to Secondary-Only Radar Capability 1994. FAA - Three Level Weather For ARTCC Displays - Project Implementation Plan, FAA Order 7110.14A, 14 Feb 1990. FAA - SSR/DMTI Modification - Project Implementation Plan, FAA Order 6340.20, 6 Jul 1988. Links: Bad Links London%2C+OH London FAA Radar Site] Wikipedia - Joint Surveillance System Visited: No