Cudjoe accident

[CA1900]

What is that thing used for?

It's a radar platform conveniently located about a hundred miles from Cuba.

 

[A Squared]

What is that thing used for? How many others are out there like this one?

Like the other guy said it's for RADAR. Thier purpose is primarily drug interdiction.
Here's a web page:

http://www.fas.org/nuke/guide/usa/airdef/tars.htm


It's been a few years but it seems like there was some sort of similar thing down near Cape Canavaral, but I don't see any mention of it on on hte list of TARS stations. Maybe something else? Maybe my memory is bad?

 

[AngelKing]

There use to be two of them at that site(Cudjoe Key). One was for TV Marti and the other for radar. Hurricane George(Ithink) blew them both away. The radar one was replaced, but the TV Marti program uses an aircraft now so that blimp has not been replaced.


AK

 

[svcta]

These things are ever few hundred miles along the US border to the south. There one in just outside of Nogales, AZ, I think one other between there and the border south of in San Diego. They are all monitored by a facility in So. Cal. if I remember correctly. These days they have Ir cameras as well as RADAR the way I understand it. Here's a list of the current locations.

• Yuma and Ft Huachuca, Ariz.;
• Deming N.M.;
• Marfa, Texas;
• Eagle Pass, Texas;
• Matagorda, Texas;
• Rio Grande, Texas;
• Morgan City, La.;
• Cudjoe Key (2 aerostats operate at Cudjoe Key)
• Horseshoe Beach, Fla.;
• Lajas, Puerto Rico.

 

[wrxpilot]

Now EYW VOR is going out for 42 days during repairs. Good luck to those who are unfamiliar.

It's not that hard though - stay south of the keys until KEYW!!!!!! I've done this many times, it is not hard (never with a gps either).