Reporter states the P31 ARTS 2E was losing targets intermittently for a period of time.

Attributes
ACN	444028
Time
Date	199906
Day	Thu
Local Time Of Day	1201 To 1800
Place
Locale Reference	atc facility : p31.tracon
State Reference	FL
Altitude	agl single value : 0
Environment
Flight Conditions	Mixed VMC
Light	Daylight
Person 1
Affiliation	government : faa
Function	controller : approach
Qualification	controller : radar
Experience	controller limited radar : 3 controller non radar : 2 controller radar : 5 controller time certified in position1 : 4
ASRS Report	444028
Events
Anomaly	other anomaly other
Independent Detector	other controllera
Resolutory Action	none taken : anomaly accepted
Supplementary
Problem Areas	ATC Human Performance Maintenance Human Performance
Primary Problem	Maintenance Human Performance

Narrative:

The ARTS 2E was losing all tracks on one sweep and retagging most of the targets on the next few sweeps. This situation occurred numerous times over a 30 min period. Callback conversation with reporter revealed the following information: reporter revealed that the problem has been resolved.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: RPTR STATES THE P31 ARTS 2E WAS LOSING TARGETS INTERMITTENTLY FOR A PERIOD OF TIME.

Narrative: THE ARTS 2E WAS LOSING ALL TRACKS ON ONE SWEEP AND RETAGGING MOST OF THE TARGETS ON THE NEXT FEW SWEEPS. THIS SIT OCCURRED NUMEROUS TIMES OVER A 30 MIN PERIOD. CALLBACK CONVERSATION WITH RPTR REVEALED THE FOLLOWING INFO: RPTR REVEALED THAT THE PROB HAS BEEN RESOLVED.

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.