De La Salle University Dasmarinas

College of Engineering, Architecture and Technology

Electronics Engineering Program
Llena, Paul Cedrick V.

ECE 42

201100513

Company: Civil Aviation Authority of the Philippines Tagaytay RADAR

1st Weekly Report

Time :
April 20, 2015 (Monday)

April 21, 2015 (Tuesday)

Activities
8am - 12nn
1pm 5pm
Met the Monday duty
Learned about the
CNSSO (Communication,
propagations used in
Navigation, and Surveillance
Tagaytay Radar.
Systems Officer), Engineers
Joben, Bernard and Norbee.
Lecture about transmission
lines with Engr. Bernard.
Observe the troubleshooting
for the VHF receiver and
In communications and
learned about squelch with
electronic engineering, a
Engineers Joeven and
transmission line is a
Norbee.
specialized cable or other
structure designed to carry
Squelch operates strictly on
alternating current of radio
the signal strength, such as
frequency, that is, currents
when a television mutes the
with a frequency high enough
audio or blanks the video on
that their wave nature must be
"empty" channels, or when a
taken into account. Different
walkie talkie mutes the audio
wires or cables used for the
when no signal is present, or
facilities are discussed
it serves as a carrier of the
together with its parameters.
signal that will be sent to the
AFC (Airway Facilities
Complex).
Engr. Albert Velsaco together Engr. Albert and Engr. Mark
with the Monday CNSSO
toured us on the transmitter 1,
group showed us a video
transmitter 2, and the power
presentation about CAAP
plant where the 2 generators
facilities, duties and how other are placed. They explained
equipment works.
what are the functions of
those equipments in the
The video presentation is
rooms.
about the CAAPs
mission,vision, core values,

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principles, and dream. It also

consists of how diesel
generator, alternating current
generator work and the
responsibilities of CAAP on
releasing or issuing
certificates and licenses to the
Airmen and other officers.
Sir Caldo discussed about
the power facilities of the
Tagaytay Radar, and the one
line schematic of the
generators that are used in
the facility in case of power
failures.
The Tagaytay Radar have a
total of 4 generators. 3
generators from the main
facility where transmitter 1, 2
and Radar equipment are
placed, and 1 generator from
the receiver station which is
800m away from the main
facility.
The power supply of the
equipments uses the
commercial power or from the
Merlco which is 13.8kVa,
3Phase3Wire configuration,
and passes through a 15A
fuse and a step down deltadelta transformer to convert it
to 220V and pass to many
circuit breakers with 400A and
600A ratings and then go to
the control cubicle before
going to the load.
In the control cubicle the
control of the two generators
are placed if there is a power
failure. The first generator will

The basics functions of the

Tagaytay Radar are discussed
by Engr. Albert.
The Tagaytay Radar facilities
consist of VHF, HF, UHF or
Microwave, and radar
facilities. There are three
types of radar used by the
CAAP, the En-route,
Approach, and Aerodrome.
The Aerodrome can detect
from 0 to 10 NM, Approach
can detect 10NM to 60NM,
and En-route can detect
60NM to 256NM. The
Tagaytay Radar uses Enroute radar.
The different frequencies
that are used in the ATC(Air
Traffic Control) were also
discussed. The en-route radar
have 5 frequencies, the
frequencies are 119.3MHz,
118.9MHz, 120.5MHz,
125.7MHz, and 128.3MHz.
121.5MHz is used for distress
and emergency. 124.9 is used
by the Aeronautical Mobile
Service, and 126.4MHz for
the ATIS(Automatic Terminal
Information Service) which
includes Weather reports,
advisories, NoTAM, etc. The
FIR(Flight Information Region)

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April 24, 2015 (Friday)

automatically activate using a

starter battery to power up the
engine or the prime mover for
the generator to produce
220V, the second generator is
manually activated in case the
first generator fails. And if
both first and 2nd generator
fails, the third generator will
be turned on and it is
connected outside of the
control cubicle. By the time
the generator are turning on,
there is UPS (Uninterruptible
Power Supply) the serves as
the temporary power supply
while the generator are not
yet working. The fuel capacity
of the facility is 12,000 liters.
Engr. Arci discussed about
the Safety Procedures of the
Facility. Its the same to other
safety procedures when
comes to calamity, like
earthquake, floods, typhoon,
and fire. And other safety
procedures that are needed to
be done within the facility for
the safety of the equipments.

of the Philippines uses HF to

communicate or notify the
other countries about the
incoming airplanes. The HF is
divided in to two the SEA
(South East Asia) and CWP
(Central West Pacific)
frequencies.

Engr. Jeff and Engr. Mark

taught us to do the checklist
of the transmitter 1, 2 and
radar equipments.

They also taught us how to

know if the equipments is
operating and nothing is
wrong. Checking the
parameters of the equipment
by adjusting, or pressing
some of its buttons or by
listening to some of the
equipments that are tuned to
different frequencies.
Engr. Karl, which is an alumni of DLSU-D discussed us about
the interconnection of Tagaytay Radar and about some of the
CAAP functions.
He discussed about the Main CAAP, AFC (Airway Facilities
Complex) and about radars, Tagaytay Radar, Manila Radar
and Manila Tower.
Tagaytay Radar have a Communication and Surveillance
equipments. In the surveillance the radar used are PSR

(Primary Surveillance Radar), SSR (Secondary Surveillance

Radar) and the MSSR (Monopulse Secondary Surveillance
Radar). He discussed how each works. And in the
communications side, the HF, VHF and UHF, and the
propagation used by each frequencies. And discussed how the
Aerodrome works, and why is the Manila Congestion is
happening.