Chester County (PA) Airport 40N, why not all-letter ID?

I believe (and as I have no sources to quote, believe is the operative word
here), the change of ID to the ICAO format is mandated only when the AWOS is
disseminated in the form of a Metar.

Coatesville, PA (40N), which by the way this month has installed a new AWOS
machine, transmits the weather information on 126.25 and is not available via
FSS or any other weather briefing medium. (At least, not yet.)

G. Lee

GLPILOTSRV wrote:

I believe (and as I have no sources to quote, believe is the operative word
here), the change of ID to the ICAO format is mandated only when the AWOS is
disseminated in the form of a Metar.

Coatesville, PA (40N), which by the way this month has installed a new AWOS
machine, transmits the weather information on 126.25 and is not available via
FSS or any other weather briefing medium. (At least, not yet.)

My Jepp plates dated 3 MAR 2000 list an AWOS at Chester County G.O. Carlson [40N]
on 126.25. Does Jeppesen publish non-commissioned AWOS frequencies on instrument
charts? I would assume that a non-commissioned AWOS would include the word
"test" in its broadcast, but it seems odd that the plates would include a
non-commissionedb AWOS's frequency.

(Nearby Wings Field received a new identifier not long ago, KLOM. It was
previously known as N67. In addition to weather reporting, the storied airport's
new identifier coincided with the new runway extension (which also set a legal
precedent as an attempted legal attempt to block the runway improvement was
struck down).

In article , Jamie Rogers
writes:

My Jepp plates dated 3 MAR 2000 list an AWOS at Chester County G.O. Carlson
[40N]
on 126.25. Does Jeppesen publish non-commissioned AWOS frequencies on
instrument
charts? I would assume that a non-commissioned AWOS would include the word
"test" in its broadcast, but it seems odd that the plates would include a
non-commissionedb AWOS's frequency.

Chester County Airport (40N) has had a commissioned AWOS for many years. The
newly installed machine has not yet been commissioned and is transmitting with
the test designation at the beginning of the broadcast.

The current notam, "!IPT 10/177 40N AWOS OTS", has been issued while the new
system is being tested.


G. Lee

In article , GLPILOTSRV
wrote:

I believe (and as I have no sources to quote, believe is the operative word
here), the change of ID to the ICAO format is mandated only when the AWOS is
disseminated in the form of a Metar.
Coatesville, PA (40N), which by the way this month has installed a new AWOS
machine, transmits the weather information on 126.25 and is not available via
FSS or any other weather briefing medium. (At least, not yet.)

Check this site:

http://www2.faa.gov/asos/map/map.htm

In article , EDR
writes:

Check this site:

http://www2.faa.gov/asos/map/map.htm


Thanks for the post.

G. Lee