FAA "Centers" have primary radar?

"Danny Deger" wrote in
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In another thread I am in a discussion on radar capability for FAA
"Centers". My recollection is that they typically have no primary radar,
thus no capability to paint weather. Someone is telling me they do.
Anybody out there have the answer. Maybe some do and some don't, and the
ones I used in the past don't.

Centers have responsibility for large areas of airspace. Any radar
capability they have beyond their immediate vicinity would be the
result of fused results from a number of remote sites.

IBM

"Ian MacLure" wrote in message
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"Danny Deger" wrote in
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In another thread I am in a discussion on radar capability for FAA
"Centers". My recollection is that they typically have no primary radar,
thus no capability to paint weather. Someone is telling me they do.
Anybody out there have the answer. Maybe some do and some don't, and the
ones I used in the past don't.

Centers have responsibility for large areas of airspace. Any radar
capability they have beyond their immediate vicinity would be the
result of fused results from a number of remote sites.

Then they must have fused results, because everytime I have worked with a
Center, they can see my transponder. The question is -- do they have
primary radar capability?

Danny Deger

Danny Deger wrote:


Then they must have fused results, because everytime I have worked with
a Center, they can see my transponder. The question is -- do they have
primary radar capability?

Danny Deger

This is not a direct answer to your question. Sorry.

When I toured Houston Center pre-911 there were Nexrad type weather
displays in one corner, at the traffic management/weather specialists
area. The individual sectors did not have this display.

I remember asking about primary versus secondary and was told there was
backup secondary radar, as well as primary capability at the sectors.

Also when on a long cross country wth an instructor (whom I will never
fly with again) we were in contact with center, trying to punch a front
line in IMC. It was either Fr Worth or Houston Center, and the
controller had some sort of weather return because my instructor was
asking for, and taking vectors through the line.

So I want to say yes to your question. But I cant prove it positively.

Dave

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"Dave S" wrote in message
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Danny Deger wrote:


Then they must have fused results, because everytime I have worked with a
Center, they can see my transponder. The question is -- do they have
primary radar capability?

Danny Deger

This is not a direct answer to your question. Sorry.

When I toured Houston Center pre-911 there were Nexrad type weather
displays in one corner, at the traffic management/weather specialists
area. The individual sectors did not have this display.

I remember asking about primary versus secondary and was told there was
backup secondary radar, as well as primary capability at the sectors.

Also when on a long cross country wth an instructor (whom I will never fly
with again) we were in contact with center, trying to punch a front line
in IMC. It was either Fr Worth or Houston Center, and the controller had
some sort of weather return because my instructor was asking for, and
taking vectors through the line.

So I want to say yes to your question. But I cant prove it positively.

Dave

Thanks. This was very useful.

Danny Deger