Originally Posted by
Mooncrest
Thankyou both. I honestly didnt know the practical or technical ins and outs of what I was thinking. However, from the point of view of LBA, Great Dun Fell could provide improved SSR coverage in the high ground to the north and west of the airport, whereas Claxby would be better suited to cover areas to the south of LBA. That said, there are several ATC radar units in said area (Doncaster, Humberside, East Midlands and Manchester) already.
I don't think any of those 4 airfields have their own interrogator apart from perhaps Manchester.
At Farnborough, each of the 3 LARS sectors has 2 radar displays and can potentially access 5 different radar feeds one at a time both primary and secondary. We wanted to 'mosaic' different feeds onto the same display but for various reasons, the CAA would not approve it.