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

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2 PWR OUTAGES WERE EXPERIENCED AT SHV RAPCON. THE FIRST WAS A MOMENTARY PWR OUTAGE. THE SECOND LASTED FOR 35 MINS. SHV RAPCON IS LOCATED ON BARKSDALE AFB. PWR OUTAGES AND INTERRUPTIONS LIKE THIS 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 SOURCE FOR THE ASR-9 RADAR AND THE MODE S BEACON. CALLBACK CONVERSATION WITH RPTR REVEALED THE FOLLOWING INFO: THEY HAVE AN UNINTERRUPTED PWR SOURCE 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.