AUS TRACON ATC EQUIP PROBLEM RADAR ASR 9. LOSS OF PRIMARY RADAR ARTS DATA TAGS REMAIN.

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ASR 9 LOSS OF PRIMARY RADAR SEVERAL TIMES OVER PERIOD OF TIME. EXAMPLE: LOSS OF RADAR FOR 15-20 SECONDS; RETURN OF RADAR FOR 1 MIN; REPEAT CYCLE. THIS IS BECOMING VERY COMMON. CALLBACK CONVERSATION WITH RPTR REVEALED THE FOLLOWING INFO: RPTR STATED THE ASR 9 WAS INSTALLED AT AUS IN JUNE/91. HE STATED MOST OF THE BUGS HAVE BEEN WORKED OUT. THE FACILITY HAS A NEW MGR THAT ASKED FOR TIME TO ADDRESS THE PROBLEM. NO UCR HAS BEEN FILED. PROBLEM: THE PRIMARY RADAR WILL QUIT BUT ARTS DATA TAG'S REMAIN. THIS WILL HAPPEN TWICE THEN THE RADAR WILL WORK FINE FOR A COUPLE OF HRS AND THE CYCLE WILL HAPPEN AGAIN. ANOTHER PROBLEM IS THAT AUS WILL NOT RECEIVE MODE C FROM SOME ACFT YET ADJACENT FACILITIES DO. RPTR STATED FACILITY MAINT SAID THEY THOUGHT ANOTHER FACILITY HAD THIS PROBLEM AND THEY WERE WAITING FOR THEM TO SOLVE THE PROBLEM. FOLLOW-UP CALLBACK 5/XX/92. RPTR STATED FACILITY MAINT REPLACED (SOMETHING) IN 1 OF THE ASR CHANNELS AND THEY ARE NOW RECEIVING MODE C AND NOT HAVING THE MOMENTARY RADAR FAILURES. THE RPTR HAD HEARD SECOND HAND THAT MAINT HAD SAID SOMEBODY ELSE WAS WORKING ON THE PROBLEM.