Rogers FAA Radar Site

Rogers FAA Radar Site (1960s-Active) - A Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) Long Range Radar (LLR) site first established in the 1960s near Rogers, Bell County, Texas. 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 ZQYS. Active FAA Radar Site. History This site became an FAA radar site in the 1960s, furnishing radar track data to the FAA ARTCC's and to USAF Direction Centers. The initial FAA ARSR-1 search radar remained in operation until it was modified to become a Common Air Route Surveillance Radar (CARSR) 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. The nationwide replacement program converting FAA legacy radar systems to the CARSR radar configuration was completed by 17 Aug 2015 and Rogers 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 Rogers FAA Radar Site is now operating with the CARSR radar. The radar site data is available to the USAF/NORAD Battle Control System-Fixed (BCS-F) operations centers (EADS & WADS) as well as the FAA Houston ARTCC and adjacent ARTCCs. Rogers FAA Site Major Equipment List Search Radar HF Radar Data Systems ARSR-1 ARSR-1E CARSR FYQ-47 CD-2 Current Status Active FAA facility near Rogers in Bell County, Texas. {"selectable":false,"height":"-500","width":"-500"} Location: 13134 Younts Hill Road, Rogers, TX 76569 Maps & Images Lat: 30.94324 Long: -97.26878 Multi Maps from ACME Maps from Bing Maps from Google Elevation: 669' GPS Locations: 30.94324, -97.26878 Rogers FAA Radar Site See Also: Houston 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 Links: Radomes - Rogers FAA Radar Site Wikipedia - Joint Surveillance System Visited: No