Francis Peak FAA Radar Site
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Francis Peak FAA Radar Site (1962-Active) - A Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) Long Range Radar (LLR) site first established in 1962 near Farmington, Davis County, Utah. 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-213 and an FAA ID of SLC. Active FAA Radar Site.
HistoryThis site became an operational FAA radar site in 1962, furnishing radar track data to the FAA ARTCC's and to USAF Direction Centers. The initial FAA ARSR-1 search radar was upgraded to the ARSR-1E and remained in operation until it was modified to become a Common Air Route Surveillance Radar (CARSR) reportedly by 28 Aug 2012. The Utah Air National Guard also maintains a facility on the Peak. A FYQ-47 Common Digitizer was probably placed in service by February 1973 when the USAF/FAA FST-2 to FYQ-47 replacement program was completed. The nationwide replacement program converting FAA legacy radar systems to the CARSR radar configuration was completed by 17 Aug 2015 and Francis Peak FAA Radar Site was a part of that program. Legacy FAA radars underwent a Service Life Extension Program (SLEP) that replaced key components in the vintage ARSR-1, ARSR-2, FPS-20, FPS-66 and FPS-67 radars. The CARSR program replaced legacy klystron radar transmitters with a solid-state transmitter as well as renovating the radar receiver and signal processor. The CARSR modification also included common digitizer functionality making a separate common digitizer unnecessary. The Francis Peak FAA Radar Site is now operating with the CARSR radar. The radar site data is available to the USAF/NORAD Battle Control System-Fixed (BCS-F) operations centers (EADS & WADS) as well as the Salt Lake City ARTCC and adjacent ARTCCs.
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