TPS-1D Medium Range Search Radar Set - A 160-mile range Search Radar set developed by Bell Telephone Laboratories. First manufactured by Western Electric Company and later licensed for manufacture to other companies such as Raytheon, Bendix and foreign companies such as Microlambda in Italy. Used in the U.S. Lashup System the early 1950s. Usually replaced in the U.S. Permanent Radar System with the FPS-3 or FPS-8 search radars.
TPS-1E Power Supply & Signal Comparison Unit.
TPS-1E Display Console.
TPS-1E Transmitter-Receiver
TPS-1D Search Radar
TPS-1D Search Radar
Element
Value
Notes
Nomenclature
TPS-1D
Origins
TPS-1B, TPS-1C
Variants
TPS-1E, TPS-1F, TPS-1G
Manufacturer
Western Electric Raytheon Manufacturing & Others
Type
Search
Number Made
?
IEEE Band
L Band
Frequency
1220-1350 MHz
PRF
360-400 pps
380 pps normal
Pulse Width
2 Microseconds
Rotation Speed
0-15 rpm
Power
500 KW
Range
160 mi
Altitude
30k ft
Beam Width
Horizontal 4 deg Vertical 12 deg
Displays
7" PPI 5" A-scope
RF Power Source
5J26 magnetron
Power Requirements
115 volts, 400 cycles, 1 phase, 7.5 kw
Introduced
circa 1948
TPS-1D SytemBendix TPS-1B Radar Antenna and Shelter at the Air Force Museum.
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 73-74.
MIL-HDBK-162A, 15 Dec 1965.
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