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'''{{PAGENAME}} 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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|colspan="2"|[[File:Selfridge AFS Bldg 1031 FPS-26-1.jpg|795px|thumb|center|Selfridge AFB Radar Site after Closure, FPS-26 Radar Tower in Center, FPS-35 Radar Tower in the Back]]
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== FPS-26 Height Finder Radar ==
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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 || FD
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| PRF || ||
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| Pulse Width ||  || 
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| Rotation Speed || ||
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| Power || 5 MW ~|| 
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| Range || || Long Range
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| Introduced || 1960s ||

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[[File:Makah AFS FPS-26A Radar Antenna.jpg|thumb|right|350px|Makah AFS FPS-26A Antenna, now at McChord AFB Former SAGE Direction Center DC-12]]
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'''See Also:'''
* [[US Radar Sets]]

'''Sources:''' 
* {{Winkler}}, page 82.
* MIL-HDBK-162A, 15 Dec 1965.

'''Links:''' 
* [[Bad Links]] /museum/equip.php Radar Equipment]
* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AN/FPS-26_Radar Wikipedia - FPS-26]

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[[Category:Radar Sets]]
[[Category:FPS-26]]