"Alan Gerber" wrote in message
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I mean tell the tower I'm coming and have me keep my squawk code when I
contact the tower. Does this have another name? Is this not normally
done at class D airports?


What's the advantage in having the radar controller call the tower with that
information?

I used to be a controller at Chicago Center, we provided services at
Oshkosh, OSH tower has no radar. When providing flight following I would
give a final traffic advisory and terminate radar service about ten miles
out. Something like, "Skylane 1234A, radar service terminated squawk VFR, I
have no targets between you and the field, contact Oshkosh tower 118.5."
There's no need to call the tower since the pilot will provide all the
information in his initial call that I could have passed anyway, no reason
to keep the beacon code as the tower had no radar.
I now work at Green Bay Approach, we provide services at Appleton, ATW tower
has a BRITE radar scope. For VFR arrivals ATW will see a full data block
showing the call sign, type aircraft, speed, altitude, and an "A" that
indicates the aircraft is landing at ATW. I just ship the aircraft to the
tower about ten miles out. I don't terminate radar service since the tower
can still issue traffic advisories.