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Old 9th October 2008 | 19:37
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Radar question

Aplogies if this is not the correct forum - perhaps ATC issues would be more appropriate - but it is a technical question!

My understanding is that Primary Radar provides information on range and bearing. SSR provides information on identity and altitude.

In modern ATC systems, is the SSR altitude information integrated with the primary data to provide corrected distances (for altitude) from the primary radar head to the controllers' screens?

Thanks!

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