AZO CTLR CONCERNED WITH ARS-8 ARTS II E GHOST FALSE BEACON TARGET GENERATION.

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AZO'S BEACON SYS SHOWS GHOST BEACON TARGETS. AZO'S BEACON SYS REFLECTS A SECOND BEACON TARGET ON THE OTHER SIDE OF OUR RADAR SCREEN. THIS IS A SAFETY ISSUE. THIS DISTRACTS A CTLR FROM PRIORITIES BECAUSE THIS TARGET BECOMES THE PRIORITY. CTLRS HAVE TO RESEARCH THE TARGET TO FIND OUT IF IT IS REAL OR NOT AND THEY ALSO HAVE TO ISSUE IT AS TFC TO ACFT IN THE VICINITY. CTLRS ISSUE THE FALSE BEACON TFC TO PLTS. THE TARGETS POP UP AT ANY TIME THEREFORE TFC IS GIVEN IN CLOSE PROXIMITY WHICH MIGHT INTIMIDATE A PLT AND CAUSE THEM TO PANIC OR DISTRACT THEM FROM MORE IMPORTANT PRIORITIES LIKE FLYING THEIR ACFT. CALLBACK CONVERSATION WITH RPTR REVEALED THE FOLLOWING INFO: RPTR ADVISED THAT THE GHOST/FALSE TARGET PROB HAS BEEN CONTINUOUS 'FOR YEARS' WITHOUT RESOLUTION. MAINT AND AUTOMATION SPECIALISTS ARE AWARE OF THE PROB; BUT 'ARE UNABLE TO FIX' THE PROB. THE TARGET IS DISPLAYED AS AN AUTOMATION GENERATED PRIMARY TARGET SPLAT. THE RPTR STATES THAT THE GHOST TARGET MOVES AT A SLIGHTLY FASTER TRACK SPEED THAN THE 'NORMAL' TRACKED TARGET.