ARSR-1E Surveillance Radar (Rancho Palos Verdes, California) | military, early warning radar

USA / California / Rancho Palos Verdes / Rancho Palos Verdes, California
 military, early warning radar
Air Route Surveillance Radar Model 1E, currently operated by the FAA.

"The Air Route Surveillance Radar Model 1E (ARSR-1E) is based on a 1970s vintage radar that has been updated through Service Life Extension Program (SLEP). It is a long-range radar system with a maximum detection range of 200 nautical miles (nmi). The ARSR-1E is a surveillance system used to detect azimuth and slant range of en route aircraft operating between terminal areas. It also provides weather intensity data. The ARSR-1E is interface to a collocated Common Digitizer Model 1/2 (CD-1/CD-2) or other digital processor which provides digitized output."

nas-architecture.faa.gov/nas/mechanism/mech_data.cfm?mi...
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Coordinates:   33°44'45"N   118°20'10"W
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