FPS-7

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FPS-7 Long Range Search Radar Set - A Long Range Search Radar set built by General Electric Corporation. Deployed to Long Range Radar Sites in the 1960s and used within the SAGE System.

FPS-7 Search Radar

FPS-7 Search Radar
Element Value Notes
Nomenclature FPS-7
Origins
Variants FPS-7A
FPS-7B
FPS-7C
FPS-7D
FPS-107V1
Manufacturer General Electric Corporation
Type Search
Number Made 33~
IEEE Band L
Frequency 1250-1350 MHz Stacked Beam
PRF 244
Pulse Width
Rotation Speed
Power
Range 270 nmi Long Range
Altitude 100k
Introduced 1959
FPS-7 Stacked Beam Radar


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 33, 78.
  • MIL-HDBK-162A, 15 Dec 1965.

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