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Post by sluroots on Apr 13, 2013 16:59:35 GMT -5
So, this happened on my shift earlier today. Anyone ever seen this before?  And, what would our ATC friends do if/when they take over ASOS? I am sure they would be cool and collected and probably just say "weather is down" and leave it at that. Attachments:
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coco
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Post by coco on Apr 13, 2013 19:33:36 GMT -5
Happened to me a few times. The only way I could get rid of it was to turn the modem off for a few minutes. Don't know what the heck it is though.....
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Post by thecatalyst on Apr 13, 2013 21:00:27 GMT -5
Does...not...compute....error......error.............error.............................err......ror..........
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Post by hlsto2 on Apr 14, 2013 0:20:09 GMT -5
our ceilometer has the bad habit of hitting something at 200 feet in clear conditions. tries to take a speci...etc. ATC would not even notice. just like they never notice the UP in present weather.
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Post by stebo on Apr 14, 2013 2:23:30 GMT -5
I have not seen something this bad, but I have seen random characters popping up due to noise in the comm lines, sometimes it is so bad you have to do a double 0 to clear it off the page.
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Post by sluroots on Apr 14, 2013 12:34:12 GMT -5
Happened to me a few times. The only way I could get rid of it was to turn the modem off for a few minutes. Don't know what the heck it is though..... That's what I had to do. I can't imagine if that happened to ATC during a TS or a snow storm. There would be no weather sent out...there's no way they would call their obs in...EVER. Open your eyes Congress and FAA, get your hands out of each others pants and do your freakin job! |
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Post by tornado on Apr 15, 2013 9:58:56 GMT -5
There would be no weather sent out... ATC doesn't even send out all the SPECIs into their ATIS. If it is too close to the METAR, they wait. If the ceiling goes from 1,400 to 1,500 feet, I've heard them say, "That's only 100 feet, I'm not updating the ATIS for that."  |
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Post by alwayswx on Apr 15, 2013 12:33:54 GMT -5
A special being created because wx increased to 1,500 is only a special beacause of artificial made up rules. If that 100 feet is so special, then why is 1,200 increased to 1,300 not a special? The lower the ceiling the more critical the special.
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And, what would our ATC friends do if/when they take over ASOS? I am sure they would be cool and collected and probably just say "weather is down" and leave it at that.
