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Reporter claims the low altitude conflict alert alarms are too loud affecting communication with pilots during an alarm.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 401929 |
| Time | |
| Date | 199805 |
| Day | Mon |
| Local Time Of Day | 0601 To 1200 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | atc facility : myr |
| State Reference | SC |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | Marginal |
| Light | Daylight |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | government : faa |
| Function | controller : approach |
| Qualification | controller : radar |
| ASRS Report | 401929 |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | other anomaly other |
| Independent Detector | atc equipment other atc equipment : unspecified other controllera |
| Resolutory Action | none taken : unable |
| Consequence | faa : investigated |
| Supplementary | |
| Air Traffic Incident | other |
Narrative:
Low altitude and conflict alert alarms have been adjusted to such a high volume that it is difficult to impossible to communicate with pilots during an alert situation. Callback conversation with reporter revealed the following information: reporter stated that he has filed two ucrs on the problem and there is agreement that the alarms are too loud. Reporter indicated that the low altitude conflict alert is a program which the individual local facs cannot adjust but that the problem is being worked on at the national level in atlantic city.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: RPTR CLAIMS THE LOW ALT CONFLICT ALERT ALARMS ARE TOO LOUD AFFECTING COM WITH PLTS DURING AN ALARM.
Narrative: LOW ALT AND CONFLICT ALERT ALARMS HAVE BEEN ADJUSTED TO SUCH A HIGH VOLUME THAT IT IS DIFFICULT TO IMPOSSIBLE TO COMMUNICATE WITH PLTS DURING AN ALERT SIT. CALLBACK CONVERSATION WITH RPTR REVEALED THE FOLLOWING INFO: RPTR STATED THAT HE HAS FILED TWO UCRS ON THE PROB AND THERE IS AGREEMENT THAT THE ALARMS ARE TOO LOUD. RPTR INDICATED THAT THE LOW ALT CONFLICT ALERT IS A PROGRAM WHICH THE INDIVIDUAL LCL FACS CANNOT ADJUST BUT THAT THE PROB IS BEING WORKED ON AT THE NATIONAL LEVEL IN ATLANTIC CITY.
Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of July 2007 and automatically converted to unabbreviated mixed upper/lowercase text. This report is for informational purposes with no guarantee of accuracy. See NASA's ASRS site for official report.