Chapter 3. Facility Equipment

1. Section 1. General
   • 3-1-1. BASIC EQUIPMENT
   • 3-1-2. PERIODIC MAINTENANCE
   • 3-1-3. NATIONAL AIRSPACE SYSTEM (NAS) CHANGES
   • 3-1-4. TRAFFIC LIGHTS, GATES, AND SIGNALS
   • 3-1-5. CLEANING INSTRUMENT COVERS
   • 3-1-6. ENGINE GENERATOR TRANSFER PROCEDURES FOR ANTICIPATED POWER FAILURE
2. Section 2. Use of Communications
   • 3-2-1. RESPONSIBILITY
   • 3-2-2. AUTHORIZED MESSAGES NOT DIRECTLY ASSOCIATED WITH AIR TRAFFIC SERVICES
   • 3-2-3. USE OF OTHER THAN FAA COMMUNICATIONS CIRCUITS
   • 3-2-4. FBI USE OF FAA FREQUENCIES
   • 3-2-5. AERONAUTICAL ADVISORY STATIONS (UNICOM/MULTICOM)
3. Section 3. Communications Procedures
   • 3-3-1. SERVICE “F” COMMUNICATIONS
   • 3-3-2. TELEPHONE COMMUNICATIONS
   • 3-3-3. MONITORING FREQUENCIES
   • 3-3-4. EMERGENCY FREQUENCIES 121.5 AND 243.0 MHz
   • 3-3-5. BATTERY‐POWERED TRANSCEIVERS
   • 3-3-6. FACILITY STATUS REPORT
   • 3-3-7. TESTING EMERGENCY LOCATOR TRANSMITTERS
   • 3-3-8. VSCS FREQUENCY BACKUP
   • 3-3-9. VSCS RECONFIGURATIONS
   • 3-3-10. VTABS (VSCS TRAINING AND BACKUP SYSTEM)
   • 3-3-11. HEADSET TONE INCIDENTS
   • 3-3-12. USE OF CORDLESS HEADSETS IN OPERATIONAL AREAS
4. Section 4. Recorders
   • 3-4-1. USE OF RECORDERS
   • 3-4-2. ASSIGNMENT OF RECORDER CHANNELS
   • 3-4-3. CHECKING AND CHANGING RECORDING EQUIPMENT
   • 3-4-4. AUDIO DATA RETENTION
5. Section 5. Navigational Aids
   • 3-5-1. NAVAID MONITORING
   • 3-5-2. SYSTEM COMPONENT MALFUNCTIONS
   • 3-5-3. PROCESSING GPS ANOMALY REPORTS
   • 3-5-4. ORIGINATING NOTAMs CONCERNING NAVAIDs
6. Section 6. Surveillance Source Use
   • 3-6-1. COMMISSIONING RADAR FACILITIES
   • 3-6-2. ATC SURVEILLANCE SOURCE USE
   • 3-6-3. MONITORING OF MODE 3/A RADAR BEACON CODES
   • 3-6-4. RADAR TARGET SIZING
   • 3-6-5. TERMINAL DIGITAL RADAR SYSTEM AND DISPLAY SETTINGS
   • 3-6-6. PREARRANGED COORDINATION
   • 3-6-7. OPERATIONAL GUIDANCE FOR FUSION
7. Section 7. Video Maps
   • 3-7-1. TOLERANCE FOR RADAR FIX ACCURACY
   • 3-7-2. RADAR MAPPING STANDARDS
   • 3-7-3. DISPLAY MAP DATA
   • 3-7-4. INTENSITY
   • 3-7-5. COMMON REFERENCE POINTS
8. Section 8. Other Displays
   • 3-8-1. MINIMUM VECTORING ALTITUDE CHARTS (MVAC) FOR FACILITIES PROVIDING TERMINAL APPROACH CONTROL SERVICES
   • 3-8-2. MINIMUM VECTORING ALTITUDE CHARTS (MVAC) PREPARATION (TERMINAL/MEARTS)
   • 3-8-3. ALTITUDE ASSIGNMENTS TO S/VFR AND VFR AIRCRAFT
   • 3-8-4. EMERGENCY OBSTRUCTION VIDEO MAP (EOVM)
   • 3-8-5. EMERGENCY ALTITUDE MAP (EAM)
   • 3-8-6. ESTABLISHING DIVERSE VECTOR AREA/S (DVA)
9. Section 9. Color Displays-Terminal
   • 3-9-1. COLOR USE ON ATC DISPLAYS