RPTR'S FACILITY IS LOCATED ON A MIL BASE WHICH EXPERIENCES PERIODIC OUTAGES AND INTERRUPTIONS. RPTR SAYS SVC IS UNRELIABLE AND FACILITY NEEDS PROTECTION OF AN UNINTERRUPTED PWR SUPPLY.

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A PWR OUTAGE WAS EXPERIENCED AT SHV RAPCON OF LONG ENOUGH DURATION TO MAKE THE COMPUTERS GO OUT. SHV RAPCON IS LOCATED ON BARKSDALE AFB. PWR OUTAGES AND INTERRUPTIONS ARE ROUTINE; AND THEY ARE TAKING A TERRIBLE TOLL ON THE EQUIP. MY UNDERSTANDING IS THAT THE PWR COMES ONTO THE BASE FROM THE LCL PWR COMPANY; BUT THEN GOES THROUGH SOME KIND OF AIR FORCE PWR GRID ON THE BASE. THE SVC IS UNRELIABLE. THE ANSWER WOULD BE TO MOVE THE APCH CTL OVER TO THE REGIONAL ARPT WHERE THE CTL TWR IS LOCATED; 12 MI TO THE W. IN THE MEANTIME; THE RAPCON NEEDS THE PROTECTION OF AN UNINTERRUPTED PWR SUPPLY FOR THE ASR-9 RADAR AND THE MODE S BEACON. CALLBACK CONVERSATION WITH RPTR REVEALED THE FOLLOWING INFO: THEY HAVE AN UNINTERRUPTED PWR SUPPLY WHICH ONLY WORKS ON THE ARTS RADAR SYS. THE FACILITY HAS SOME TELCO LINE PROBS FEEDING INFO FROM THE RADAR SITE TO RADAR EQUIP AND ALSO WITH THE LINE THAT FEEDS DATA TO THE CTL TWR BRITES. A RECENT MEETING WAS HELD WITH THE TELCO AND OTHERS TO IRON OUT THE PROBS BUT RPTR IS UNAWARE OF ANY CHANGES YET. NO CHANGE HAS BEEN MADE TO THE ON-BASE PWR PROB.