Wind farms causing clutter on radars
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Passed traffic info. on a wind farm the other day to a guy at fl80 near Dean Cross!
I had a suspicion that the contact was a wind farm, but wasn't 100% convinced, as the contact was also similar to the contacts that you get from gliders.
Asked the pilot to have a look out the window to confrim my suspicion - he did!
Still, despite certain drawbacks, I'd have windfarms over nuclear/coal any day.
I had a suspicion that the contact was a wind farm, but wasn't 100% convinced, as the contact was also similar to the contacts that you get from gliders.
Asked the pilot to have a look out the window to confrim my suspicion - he did!
Still, despite certain drawbacks, I'd have windfarms over nuclear/coal any day.
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NorthSouth,
True it's a radar target but it doesn't move with a steady trace,so I treat it as clutter.Sure vector round,downgrade the service whatever.Just like an old fashioned system when you turn the gain up to get the PE's.
Mind you I go around switching off so many lights in our unit,including runway lights in 40+km vis,that it's not surprising that there are so many planned.
We have over 100 computers in the building all chewing electricity.Get ride of the bleedin lot
True it's a radar target but it doesn't move with a steady trace,so I treat it as clutter.Sure vector round,downgrade the service whatever.Just like an old fashioned system when you turn the gain up to get the PE's.
Mind you I go around switching off so many lights in our unit,including runway lights in 40+km vis,that it's not surprising that there are so many planned.
We have over 100 computers in the building all chewing electricity.Get ride of the bleedin lot