Furthermore, review of the forms should disclose both weak points in the station program and particularly successful efforts that could be adopted at other stations. In addition to items required by WS Form B-61, local studies and educational efforts should be discussed and ideas for program improvement should be solicited. Complete WS Form B-33, Station Inspection Report, as is done in surface and upper air inspections. All narrative entries should be written in complete sentences and intelligible to other readers. The form is designed to serve as a historical record of the radar program, as well as a quality control checklist, and should be able to stand alone as an information document.
Itemized instructions follow.
The working space, furniture, and equipment should be orderly and clean, and arranged in a functionally efficient manner. Check for grease pencil marks and unauthorized items, such as masking tape, on the equipment. Equipment drawers and access doors should be closed and secured and tools and spare parts should not be scattered about the console room. A flashlight or other emergency lighting device should be available in the console room. The quality control visitor should operate the controls of the console, repeater scope, camera timer, and remoting equipment to determine that all are functioning properly.