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| | '''Radar Sites with a FPS-3 Long Range Search Radar Set''' |
| '''{{PAGENAME}}''' - A long range search radar built by Bendix and deployed to long range radar sites in the 1950s. Equipped with Moving Target Indicator (MTI) and normally employed as part of an aircraft early warning network. Capable of detecting heavy bomber aircraft at a range of 200 to 300 miles and a height of approximately 40,000 to 60,000 feet depending on the range. Operates in temperatures ranging from -67 deg F to plus 140 deg F with humidity up to 100 percent and at altitudes from sea level to 7,000 feet. Variants include the FPS-3A, the FPS-508 Canadian version and the MPS-7 Mobile Version. | |
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| The antenna was normally mounted on either a temperate tower or an arctic tower and usually covered with an inflated radome on the arctic tower. Air pressure kept the radome inflated and access to the antenna deck was through an airlock. In colder climates the antenna bubble also had heat banks to keep snow and ice off the bubble. The two transmitter groups and components were mounted on a rotating frame below the antenna sail.
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| |colspan="2"|[[File:Site 637th.jpg|795px|thumb|center|Othello AFS, two FPS 6 Height Finder Radars on the left, FPS 3 Search Radar in the bubble and Operations building on the right, circa 1959]]
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| | Nomenclature || FPS-3 ||
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| | Origins || CPS-5 || Disputed
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| | Variants || FPS-3A<br>MPS-7 Mobile Version<br>FPS-508 Canadian Version ||
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| | Manufacturer || Bendix Radio Division of Bendix Aviation Corporation||
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| | Type || Search ||
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| | Number Made|| 48~||
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| | IEEE Band || L ||
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| | Frequency || 1220 to 1365 MHz||
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| | PRF || 440 ||
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| | Pulse Width || 3 or 6 us ||
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| | Rotation Speed || 3.3, 5, 6.6, 10 RPM ||
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| | Power || 650 Kw || 5J26 magnetron
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| | Range || 220 nmi || Long Range
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| | Resolution || 0.5 mi ||
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| | Altitude || 60,000 ft ||
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| | Introduced || 1950 ||
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| [[File:AN-FPS-3 Radar.jpg|thumb|right|300px|FPS-3 Radar Set on a Temperate Tower]]
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| [[File:FPS-3 System.png|thumb|center|800px|FPS-3 System Components]]
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| '''See Also:'''
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| * [[US Radar Sets]]
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| '''Sources:'''
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| '''Links:'''
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| * [http://www.radomes.org/museum/equip/fps-3.html Radomes - FPS-3]
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| * [http://www.radomes.org/museum/equip.php Radomes - Radar Equipment]
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| * [http://www.mobileradar.org/radar_descptn_1.html Mobile Radar]
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| [[Category:Radar Sets]] | | [[Category:Radar Sets]] |
Radar Sites with a FPS-3 Long Range Search Radar Set
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