PA-46 Malibu Meridian
Air Traffic Control Fully Certified
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A Piper Malibu IFR handoff from A90. The aircraft was slow climbing and A90 wanted to enter our airspace or get a handoff. We were busy with a traffic call for an IFR departure off of BDL. We have been having issues with the filter settings on the BDL RADAR site. We did not have any information on this aircraft besides the flight progress strip. We did not see a data tag or target until we changed to multisite RADAR. I believe this is a systemic safety issue. I have seen multiple issues in this area with not seeing aircraft. This is the first one I have seen where A90 had to turn an aircraft away from our airspace. I have been trying to track these occurrences and I have seen a few where A90 has called for a point out and I see nothing out there; not a tag; or *; or trk. We see nothing! Having to switch to multisite is a big issue considering we then need increased separation. We also work combined sectors a lot making this situation worse. I would adjust the filters on the BDL and PVD RADAR sites so we always see at least tags or * on aircraft. We shouldn't have to switch to multisite to see aircraft we should easily be able to see on BDL or PVD RADAR site.
Y90 Controller described an absent RADAR target event during an A90 attempt to make either a point out or handoff; the reporter suggesting filter changes on the BDL and OVD RADAR sites.