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Paul Steucke
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701 C St., Box 14, Anchorage…
- p. 4 …Office of Public Affairs
Alaskan Region
701 C Street. Box 14
Anchorage. Alaska 995 13
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Alaskan Region
701 C Street, Box 14
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maximum of 3 degrees C. and the…
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Ts ukuba: We ll, his camera…
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military C-130 southbound to EDF from EIL advised he had plenty of fuel…
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Was hington D. C. ROC.
Air Traffic Control Specialist
Anchorage ARTCC
- p. 88 OEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
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APPENDIX C: RESOURCES SCOPE .......................................................................... 92
List of Tables
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Photographs…
- p. 116 …cyan (C), magenta (M), and yellow (Y) are
combined to fonn black. CMYK mode files are…
- p. 119 …We have c:hosen to categorize It In both by its deterministic and stochastic behaviors.
Technical…
- p. 120 …Delta C, Delta H
0 : Exposure Index, Standard units: gamma ( unitless) Units ( • ) : Delta C, Delta H…
- p. 121 …1, ISO 16067-2, I SO 15524)
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- p. 122 …over the field ot view view relative to the average of units: % deviation in SFR
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Paul Steucke
FAA Public Affairs
701 C Street, Box 14
Anch. AK 99513 ~·1 arch 5 , 1987
UNCORRELATED RADAR SIGNALS
Radar data received by the FAA and used to track Japan Airlines flight 1628
on the night of the November 17, 1986, was retained by FAA. Review of this
radar data by FAA experts using identical equipment at the FAA's research
technical center in Atlantic City, New Jersey, revealed that the radar system
was receiving what is called an "uncorrelated primary and beacon target".
This electronic phenomena is not unusual according to Steucke who said, "It
is unfortunate that the uncorrelated target phenomena occurred just when a
pilot was reporting seeing something outside his aircraft.
The controller's statements, released by the FAA, indicate that they thought
there might be another aircraft or object in the area of the JAL flight.
Steucke said, "The controllers were doing their job right because they have to
work with what is right there in front of them on the screen, especially when
you have a Captain that is reporting "other traffic" in his irmiediate area.
The .. radar data they had was one target, moving slowly across the radar screen.
They don't have the benefit of "monday morning quarterbacking" with multiple
radar images as was the case in regenerating the radar data." Review of the
radar data by FAA experts revealed the "uncorrelated target" phenomena.
FAA electronic technicians explained that an "uncorrelated primary and
beacon target" on the radar screen occurs when the radar energy that is sent up
toward the aircraft, (primary signal) returns to the radar receiver along with
the aircraft transponder (beacon) signal and the two do not match up as being
at the same exact location.
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