Originally Posted by
SINGAPURCANAC
there is no word IDENTIFIED before any other instruction.
It is esential basic for radar/ surveilance. How the hell you could give vectors for non identified aircraft?
And the above post of island_photo gives exact link with explanation that is officially valid in USA.
No full radar service if it is not " radar contact"( or identified)
It is so logic and simple to remember and to apply.
Recall that your post said the controller wasn’t radar qualified, not that the helo was/wasn’t identified. Whether it was or wasn’t, I won’t speak to as I don’t know. What I do know is Local controllers (assuming trained and with appropriate equipment and mapping) can and often do provide vectors, I often did working local. Unsure why you’d make such a claim otherwise.
BTW, in the US, it’s not “identified” but rather radar contact.