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'''{{PAGENAME}}''' (1963-Active) - A Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) Long Range Radar ( | '''{{PAGENAME}}''' (1963-Active) - A Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) Long Range Radar (LRR) site commissioned in 1963 on Mount Lewis in Lander County, Nevada. Named for the nearby town of Battle Mountain. 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-214 and an FAA ID of ZBAM. Active FAA Radar Site. | ||
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This FAA radar site was commissioned in the spring of 1963 on Mount Lewis, Nevada, furnishing radar track data to the FAA ARTCC's and to USAF Direction Centers. The initial FAA [[ARSR-2]] search radar remained in operation until it was modified to become a Common Air Route Surveillance Radar ([[CARSR]]) with a 7172 antenna circa 2012. | This FAA radar site was commissioned in the spring of 1963 on Mount Lewis, Nevada, furnishing radar track data to the FAA ARTCC's and to USAF Direction Centers. The initial FAA [[ARSR-2]] search radar remained in operation until it was modified to become a Common Air Route Surveillance Radar ([[CARSR]]) with a 7172 antenna circa 2012. | ||
{{FYQ-47Program}} | {{FYQ-47Program}} By 1990 the site was equipped with a Common Digitizer [[CD-2|CD-2A]]. The Battle Mountain CD-2A was scheduled to receive an upgrade kit to implement three level weather data processing in April 1992. | ||
== CARSR Radar == | |||
{{CARSRProgram|Site=Battle Mountain}} | {{CARSRProgram|Site=Battle Mountain}} | ||
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'''Location:''' On Mount Lewis in Lander County, Nevada. | '''Location:''' On Mount Lewis in Lander County, Nevada. | ||
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* Battle Mountain Area Important to Aviation, Reno Gazette-Journal (Reno, Nevada), 29 Jan 1966, Page 57 | * Battle Mountain Area Important to Aviation, Reno Gazette-Journal (Reno, Nevada), 29 Jan 1966, Page 57 | ||
* {{Winkler}}, page 135. <!--Searching the skies--> | * {{Winkler}}, page 135. <!--Searching the skies--> | ||
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'''Links:''' | '''Links:''' | ||
* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joint_Surveillance_System Wikipedia - Joint Surveillance System] | * [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joint_Surveillance_System Wikipedia - Joint Surveillance System] | ||
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[[Category:Nevada Lander County]] | [[Category:Nevada Lander County]] | ||
[[Category:{{PAGENAME}}]] | [[Category:{{PAGENAME}}]] | ||
[[Category:Not Visited]] | [[Category:Nevada Not Visited]] | ||
[[Category:Starter Page]] | [[Category:Starter Page]] | ||
[[Category:FAA Radar Sites]] | [[Category:FAA Radar Sites]] | ||
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Battle Mountain FAA Radar Site (1963-Active) - A Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) Long Range Radar (LRR) site commissioned in 1963 on Mount Lewis in Lander County, Nevada. Named for the nearby town of Battle Mountain. 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-214 and an FAA ID of ZBAM. Active FAA Radar Site. HistoryThis FAA radar site was commissioned in the spring of 1963 on Mount Lewis, Nevada, furnishing radar track data to the FAA ARTCC's and to USAF Direction Centers. The initial FAA ARSR-2 search radar remained in operation until it was modified to become a Common Air Route Surveillance Radar (CARSR) with a 7172 antenna circa 2012. 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 a Common Digitizer CD-2A. The Battle Mountain CD-2A was scheduled to receive an upgrade kit to implement three level weather data processing in April 1992. CARSR RadarThe nationwide replacement program converting FAA legacy radar systems to the CARSR radar configuration was completed by 17 Aug 2015 and Battle Mountain 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 Battle Mountain FAA Radar Site is now operating with the CARSR radar. 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 Salt Lake City ARTCC (ZLC) and adjacent ARTCCs. Other federal agencies have access to the data under the Homeland Security umbrella.
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