London FAA Radar Site

 (1959-Active) - A Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) Long Range Radar (LRR) site first established in 1959 near London, Madison County, Ohio. 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 QWO. Active FAA Radar Site.

History
This site became an FAA radar site in 1959, furnishing radar track data to the FAA ARTCCs and to USAF Direction Centers. The initial FAA ARSR-1 search radar remained in operation until it was modified to become a CARSR radar.

By 1990 the site was equipped with an ARSR-1E search radar and a CD-2A Common Digitizer. The London CD-2A was scheduled to receive an upgrade kit to implement three level weather data processing in September 1992.

CARSR Radar
At the time of the CARSR changeout, the legacy radar in place was listed as an ARSR-1 and the CARSR conversion included a 7172 Antenna. The secondary radar for the site is the ATCBI-6 Beacon set.

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Current Status
Active FAA facility near London in Madison County, Ohio.

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

Sources:

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