APCH FACILITY CANNOT MAKE AUTOMATED HDOF TO CTR ON ACFT THAT DEPART A SATELLITE ARPT IFR.

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FLORENCE ATCT (APCH CTL) HAS A CONSTANT ONGOING PROBLEM WITH THE AUTOMATED HDOFS; FROM THE CHERAW ARPT (47J); WHEN THE ACFT WILL CLB TO ARTCC ALTS. THE CHERAW ARPT IS ONE OF FLORENCE'S SATELLITE ARPTS; LOCATED IN THE EXTREME NNW CORNER OF OUR AIRSPACE. THE PROBLEM IS THAT THE RADAR CTLR CANNOT FLASH (AUTOMATED HDOF) TO ZJX; ESPECIALLY IF THE ACFT WILL DEPART ANYWHERE 'N' OF THE CHERAW ARPT. THIS IS ALSO THE LOCATION OF '3' ARTCC BOUNDARIES. FLORENCE ATCT ACQUIRED THE CHERAW ARPT APPROX 26 MONTHS AGO FROM ZJX. INITIALLY WE WERE ABLE TO MAKE AUTOMATED HDOFS TO ZJX; BUT FOR THE LAST 22 MONTHS HAVE BEEN UNABLE TO AND THE FAA SAYS THEY CAN'T OR WON'T FIX IT. SOME CTLRS MERELY CHANGE THE DEP ARPT IN THE FDIO TO ANOTHER ONE IN CLOSE PROX TO CHERAW OR ANOTHER FIX THAT WILL ALLOW AN AUTOMATED HDOF TO ZJX. IF NO AUTOMATED HDOF CAN BE ACCOMPLISHED; THEN A LENGTHY MANUAL HDOF MUST BE ACCOMPLISHED (THAT'S IF THEY ANSWER THE LANDLINE); ON THE BOUNDARIES OF 3 ARTCC'S AND 2 APCH CTLS. ZJX NEVER RECEIVES THE 'CHERAW PROPOSAL' AND WE DO NOT HAVE THE APPROPRIATE LANDLINES/LOA'S TO COORDINATE WITH EITHER ZTL OR ZDC. THE FLORENCE CTLRS NEED THE AUTOMATED HDOFS FROM CHERAW AND SOME SUPVRS WILL NOT LET THE CTLR GO TO 'PLAN B' AND AMEND THE FLT PLAN; SO CTR WILL GET THE FLT DATA AND AUTOMATED HDOF.