File numbers 0005776451 0005775496 0005775497 0005776453
Locations:
N38 33 56.4 W118 01 55.6 MVA (Mina) VOR site
N37 42 22.5 W116 20 06.1 Cedar Peak on the Nevada Test and Training Range (restricted airspace)
N38 08 28.4 W117 12 02.8 Tonopah Radar site
N38 05 57.4 W117 11 12.9 Booker Mountain (VHF air facility)
The links are called either RCAG(remote communications air-ground) or MODES (presumably mode-s).
Since the Mina RCAG exists, maybe this is a back up link or an upgrade of some sort.
While I know what mode-s is, why they want to ship it around is a good question.
I have no idea what civilian ATC hardware is on Cedar Peak. I though the peak was just a comm site and used in Red Flag/ Weapons School scoring.
Locations:
N38 33 56.4 W118 01 55.6 MVA (Mina) VOR site
N37 42 22.5 W116 20 06.1 Cedar Peak on the Nevada Test and Training Range (restricted airspace)
N38 08 28.4 W117 12 02.8 Tonopah Radar site
N38 05 57.4 W117 11 12.9 Booker Mountain (VHF air facility)
The links are called either RCAG(remote communications air-ground) or MODES (presumably mode-s).
Since the Mina RCAG exists, maybe this is a back up link or an upgrade of some sort.
While I know what mode-s is, why they want to ship it around is a good question.
I have no idea what civilian ATC hardware is on Cedar Peak. I though the peak was just a comm site and used in Red Flag/ Weapons School scoring.