Horicon FAA Radar Site

 (1962-Active) - A Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) Long-Range Radar (LLR) site first established in 1962 near Horicon, Dodge County, Wisconsin. 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 QHZ. Active FAA Radar Site.

History
This site was built in 1961 and commissioned on 12 Dec 1962 to 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.

By 1990 the site was equipped with an ARSR-2 search radar and a CD-2A Common Digitizer. The Horicon CD-2A was scheduled to receive an upgrade kit to implement three level weather data processing on 31 Aug 1990.

CARSR Radar
The secondary radar at this site is an ATCBI-6 Beacon set.

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Current Status
Active FAA facility near Horicon in Dodge County, Wisconsin.

{| See Also:
 * Chicago ARTCC
 * JSS System
 * FAA Air Route Traffic Control Centers
 * US Radar Sets

Sources:
 * FAA - Site Listing of Legacy Radars as of 23 Dec 2016.
 * Rotary Hears About Radar Installation, Fond Du Lac Commonwealth Reporter (Fond Du Lac, Wisconsin), 6 Dec 1966, Page 18.

Links:
 * Radomes - Horicon FAA Radar Site
 * Wikipedia - Joint Surveillance System