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Radar is a surveillance technology that uses radio waves to determine the range (and azimuth) of an aircraft. It works by measuring the time difference between a radio transmission and the echo or reply to that transmission. Radars are the most common surveillance equipment used by ATC.
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What is the reason behind updating the radar tracks on the CWP in chunks instead of updating...
Some time ago, I noticed that the controller's screen (CWP) of a particular system in a European ACC. was not updating all the visible tracks at once but it was following this pattern:
The screen appe …
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What type of chart is displayed on ATC radar screens?
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Points (waypoints, airports, VFR points etc)
Navaids (VOR, ILS, NDB etc)
Runways
Coastline and border line
Control sectors
Range circles (for approach usually)
Airways and VFR routes
Radar … Please note that my answer is based on my experience building my own radar simulator for HANSP and I know some of these aspects first hand. …
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Which map projection is typically used on ATC radar screens?
Regarding accuracy, you first need to address radar accuracy which is affected by coverage, track distance from the radar, atmospheric conditions and other factors that fall beyond the scope of the answer …
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How does a Secondary Surveilliance Radar send data?
The territory you want to controll has several RADAR installations. They may be primary, secondary or both. … Then radar data from each individual RADAR is processed by the RDP (RADAR Data Procesor). RDP is a computer (maybe more than one) but you can't easily call it PC. …
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