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FPS-26 Long Range Height Finder Radar Set - A Long Range Height Finder Radar set built by Avco Corporation. Deployed to long range radar sites in the 1960s and used within the SAGE System.
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 Selfridge AFB Radar Site after Closure, FPS-26 Radar Tower in Center, FPS-35 Radar Tower in the Back |
FPS-26 Height Finder Radar
FPS-26 Height Finder Radar
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Value
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| Nomenclature |
FPS-26 |
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| Origins |
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| Variants |
FPS-26A |
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| Manufacturer |
Avco Corporation |
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| Type |
Height Finder |
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| Number Made |
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| IEEE Band |
C |
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| Frequency |
5400-5900 MHz |
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| Rotation Speed |
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| Power |
5 MW ~ |
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| Range |
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Long Range
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| Introduced |
1960s |
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 Makah AFS FPS-26A Antenna, now at McChord AFB Former SAGE Direction Center DC-12 |
See Also:
Sources:
- Winkler, David F., Searching the Skies: the Legacy of the United States Cold War Defense Radar Program, USAF Hq Air Combat Command, 1997, 192 pages, Pdf, page 82.
- MIL-HDBK-162A, 15 Dec 1965.
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