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'''{{PAGENAME}} medium range Gap-filler Radar Set''' - A medium range radar set originally meant as a part of an Air Traffic Control System adapted as a Gap-filler Radar set for the Experimental Sage Sub-Sector (ESS). Built by Bendix Radio in the late 1940s.
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== CPN-18 Gap-filler Radar ==
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| Nomenclature || CPN-18 ||
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| Origins || ||
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| Variants || CPN-18A, 18C, 18D ||
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| Manufacturer || Bendix Radio ||
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| Type || Gap-filler ||
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| Number Made|| ? ||
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| IEEE Band || S-Band||
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| Frequency || 2700- 2900 mc ||
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| PRF || 1500 pps/ 900 pps modified ||
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| Pulse Width || 0.5 usec<br>1.0 usec modified || 
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| Rotation Speed || 10 rpm clockwise||
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| Power || 500 kw peak min|| 
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| Range || 53 nmi|| medium range
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| Introduced || Circa 1946 ||

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[[File:CPN-18 System.png|thumb|center|800px|FPS-3 System Components]]

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'''See Also:'''
* [[US Radar Sets]]

'''Sources:''' 
* {{Winkler}}
* MIL-HDBK-162A, 15 Dec 1965.

'''Links:''' 
* [http://www.radomes.org/museum/equip.php Radomes - Radar Equipment]
* [http://www.c-and-e-museum.org/Pinetreeline/metz/otherm4/cpn-18.html C & E Museum - AN/CPN-18]

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[[Category:Radar Sets]]