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That commitment would be met, as it has on many occasions in the past. Manning levels could not sustain 24 Hr ops, but occasional extra tasks are accepted depending on priority, and subject to authorisation.
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Originally Posted by Raven30
......but only between the hours of 0830 and 1700L Mon-Fri (excluding lunch breaks), and not during block leave, sorry, school holidays!!
Their main reason for being on call (along with Fire Crews, Medics, SE etc etc) is to provide a service to the SAR when scrambled. However they have been bleeped in the past to open the airfield during silent hours for Medical flights delivering/picking up organs etc.
I think you're getting confused with Ply Mil with those times Raven!!
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Yep, fully aware of the Culdrose capability and a fine job they do too - as witnessed again today. Been here long enough to have seen it in operation many times.
Couldn't pass up the chance of a bit of SMG / Cu banter though!!
Couldn't pass up the chance of a bit of SMG / Cu banter though!!
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Well I for one am looking forward to an "all-paid" dinner as guests of Raytheon in a couple of weeks (see above)
To all the other Crab Stations... you should have worked harder!!!
(some people will do anything to get this thread back into the frame?)
To all the other Crab Stations... you should have worked harder!!!
(some people will do anything to get this thread back into the frame?)
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Originally Posted by Pierre Argh
Well I for one am looking forward to an "all-paid" dinner as guests of Raytheon in a couple of weeks
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NS... no hints of bribery & corruption I'm afraid, simply that SMG ATC won the 2005 Raytheon sponsored trophy for the best RAF ATC unit... and the dinner is part of the presentation. No cost to the Cornish taxpayer. (More details of the trophy have already been given on this thread?)
Why?(no that would be stupid) ...should Raytheon be sponsoring an MoD competition? Good question, ask me again after the slap-up meal.
As to leaving the Watchman radar, why would STC do that? Do you leave your car in the garage when you sell a house... I don't think so?
Leaving a prefectly serviceable radar would be a cost to the Taxpayer, and might even be seen as the MoD directly subsidising private enterprise. Now that would make the front page of the RedTops! (Whilst we're on the point of cost to taxpayers, you might want think about the lunches/dinners provided by CCC to various contractors, consultants and other interested parties in this NCA business; and frankly I doubt very much it stops at lunch... but I digress)
Why?(no that would be stupid) ...should Raytheon be sponsoring an MoD competition? Good question, ask me again after the slap-up meal.
As to leaving the Watchman radar, why would STC do that? Do you leave your car in the garage when you sell a house... I don't think so?
Leaving a prefectly serviceable radar would be a cost to the Taxpayer, and might even be seen as the MoD directly subsidising private enterprise. Now that would make the front page of the RedTops! (Whilst we're on the point of cost to taxpayers, you might want think about the lunches/dinners provided by CCC to various contractors, consultants and other interested parties in this NCA business; and frankly I doubt very much it stops at lunch... but I digress)
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Originally Posted by Pierre Argh
As to leaving the Watchman radar, why would STC do that? Do you leave your car in the garage when you sell a house... I don't think so?
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Indeed, but maybe they'd sell it to them? It would save the costs of decommissioning/dismantling/transporting. Then again I hear the RAF doesn't have many spare radars these days.
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MOD won't sell Watchmans to outsiders; my airfield tried it. I wouldn't recommend anyone buying the Raytheon radar for use in class G; it's absolute rubbish 'cos it can't be tuned for all eventualites eg non squawking slow movers etc; would be OK for class D or higher ie known traffic airspace; Watchman was far superior because it gave you a picture resembling non-processed.
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I wouldn't recommend anyone buying the Raytheon radar for use in class G; it's absolute rubbish 'cos it can't be tuned for all eventualites eg non squawking slow movers etc; would be OK for class D or higher ie known traffic airspace; Watchman was far superior because it gave you a picture resembling non-processed.
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Watchman was far superior because it gave you a picture resembling non-processed
The Watchman as issued by the RAF was much better at showing all wanted returns because its AMTI was able to operate at a lower threshold speed without resultant unwanted clutter (most of the time anyway). The ASR10 is processed at the radar head, and the resulting info is then sent to the ops room where it is combined with the SSR feed(s), but with the higher threshold speed necessary, plus no ability to take a 'quick look' at background PEs, you get the feeling all the time that there might be something there you need to see eg aircraft with groundspeed less than threshold speed.
ASR10 still suffers from angels as much as Watchman
ASR10 still suffers from angels as much as Watchman