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Hilton wrote: Orval Fairbairn wrote: There is another factor not mentioned here. About 10 years ago, a friend did some radar surveying for San Jose and found a radar hole in the vicinity of South County, up to about 3000 ft. It is possible that the pilot, thinking he would have instantaneous radar, took off, attempted to raise SJC Approach and maintained heading right into the hills. I have flown in that area MANY times (I fly out of RHV) and never heard of that radar hole, I've also never heard ATC even mention it to me or anyone else. Do you have any additional information on it? have they 'plugged the hole' by now? Climbing out of South County, Norcal usually can't pick me up on radar until Morgan Hill or so. Overflying South County I've had no trouble being seen on radar at 3000ft and above. I haven't flown out of South County in awhile, so my data point is probably a few years old. It would be interesting to know where the radar transmitters are in the area. If the radar transmitters covering South County are at SJC and MRY, they would have a hard time seeing traffic down low near South County. John -- John Clear - http://www.clear-prop.org/ |
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