Lynch FAA Radar Site

Lynch FAA Radar Site (1963-Active) - A Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) Long-Range Radar (LRR) site first established in 1963 on Black Mountain near Lynch, Harlan County, Kentucky. 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 a SAGE System ID of Z-232 and an FAA ID of QRI. Active FAA Radar Site. History The contract for construction of the Lynch FAA Radar Site was awarded on 9 Feb 1962 to Schanche Construction Company of St. Louis for $84,289. Work was scheduled to begin on 19 Feb 1962 and was scheduled to be completed by August 1963. This site furnished radar track data to the FAA ARTCCs and to USAF Direction Centers. The initial FAA ARSR-2 search radar remained in operation until it was modified to become a (CARSR) radar with a 7172 antenna. 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-2 search radar and a CD-2A Common Digitizer. The Lynch 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 Lynch 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 Lynch FAA Radar Site is now operating with the CARSR radar. At the time of the CARSR changeout, the legacy radar in place was an ARSR-2 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. Lynch FAA Site Major Equipment List Search Radar Height Radar Data Systems IFF/SIF/Beacon ARSR-2 CARSR FYQ-47 CD-2A ATCBI-6 Current Status Active FAA facility near Lynch in Harlan County, Kentucky. {"selectable":false,"height":"-500","width":"-500"} Location: Near Lynch in Harlan County, Kentucky. Maps & Images Lat: 36.91611 Long: -82.89097 Multi Maps from ACME Maps from Bing Maps from Google Elevation: 4,088' GPS Locations: 36.91611, -82.89097 Lynch FAA Radar Site See Also: Indianapolis ARTCC JSS System FAA Air Route Traffic Control Centers US Radar Sets Sources: Radio Air Station to be Built at Lynch, Messenger-Inquirer (Owensboro, Kentucky), 10 Feb 1962, page 7. Bergstrom, Bill, View from sky mountain: Radar station keeps lookout on air traffic, Messenger-Inquirer (Owensboro, Kentucky), 18 Nov 1985, page 18. 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: Wikipedia - Joint Surveillance System Visited: No