ATC EQUIP PROB COM ICSS FAILED 6 TIMES IN 4 MONTHS.

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THIS IS THE 6TH TIME IN 4 MONTHS THAT WE HAVE LOST ALL OUR FREQS. 4 TIMES THE FREQS WERE LOST WHILE WE WERE CLOSED BTWN XA00 PM-XB00 AM. THE OTHER 2 TIMES WERE DURING LIVE TFC. ONCE WAS LIGHT TO MDT TFC THE OTHER WAS MODERATE TO HVY TFC. THE 2 FREQS ON OUR GONSETS ARE INADEQUATE BACKUPS FOR OUR 8 FREQS OUR APCH CTL WORKS. THE AIRWAYS FACILITIES MGR FOR THE FACILITY APPARENTLY DOES NOT CONSIDER IT A PRIORITY TO FIX THIS PROB SINCE IT HAS GONE ON FOR SO LONG. SOMEONE HAS GOT TO SPEND SOMETIME TO ANALYZE AND FIX THIS PROB. ALSO HAVING TUNABLE GONSETS WOULD ALLOW US TO TUNE IN ANY OF OUR 8 FREQS THAT WE MONITOR RATHER THAN JUST 2. CALLBACK CONVERSATION WITH RPTR REVEALED THE FOLLOWING INFO: FACILITY AIR TFC MGR WAS CONTACTED. HE STATED THE REGION DIVISION MGR HAD FILED A UCR ON THE ICSS SYS AFTER THE 6TH FAILURE. AIRWAYS FACILITY HAD A TECHNICIAN FROM AOS IN OKLAHOMA INVESTIGATE THE PROB AT THE FACILITY. SYS WAS FOUND TO BE OPERATING OVER CAPACITY AND THAT WAS THE REASON FOR THE FAILURES. PROB WAS CORRECTED. TUNABLE GONSETS ARE ON ORDER FOR BACK UP XMITTER AND RECEIVERS.