Lynch FAA Radar Site

 (1963-Active) - A Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) Long-Range Radar (LRR) site first established in 1963 on Black Mountain near Lynch, Harlan County, Kentucky. 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 a SAGE System ID of Z-232 and an FAA ID of QRI. Active FAA Radar Site.

History
The contract for construction of the Lynch FAA Radar Site was awarded on 9 Feb 1962 to Schanche Construction Company of St. Louis for $84,289. Work was scheduled to begin on 19 Feb 1962 and was scheduled to be completed by August 1963.

This site furnished radar track data to the FAA ARTCCs and to USAF Direction Centers. The initial FAA ARSR-2 search radar remained in operation until it was modified to become a (CARSR) radar with a 7172 antenna.

By 1990 the site was equipped with an ARSR-2 search radar and a CD-2A Common Digitizer. The Lynch 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 an ARSR-2 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 Lynch in Harlan County, Kentucky.

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

Sources:
 * Radio Air Station to be Built at Lynch, Messenger-Inquirer (Owensboro, Kentucky), 10 Feb 1962, page 7.
 * Bergstrom, Bill, View from sky mountain: Radar station keeps lookout on air traffic, Messenger-Inquirer (Owensboro, Kentucky), 18 Nov 1985, page 18.

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