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Revision as of 08:50, 19 July 2021

UPX-14 Long Range Interrogator-Responder IFF/SIF Set - A Long Range Interrogator-Responder IFF/SIF set built by mmmmm. The UPX-14 transmits IFF/SIF interrogations and receives replies from aircraft within the host radar's range. The UPX-14 requires a master external encoder and a separate decoder for each operating position/data processor. Typical of the encoder/decoder equipment used in a manual system is the GPA-122 which allows up to 14 decoder units or one for each radar scope. In the SAGE System the FST-2 Coordinate Data Transmitter supplies the encoder and decoder functions to the UPX-14.

It is possible with the UPX-14 to process information about friendly aircraft (SIF) and to determine if an aircraft is friendly (IFF). SIF information is obtained by interrogating friendly aircraft with a set of two pulses, the space between them determines which of 4 modes is used. IFF (Identificaton Friend or Foe}) also known as Mode 4 transmits the two pulses and a classified (a/o 1958) encrypted code train of pulses providing identity information.

UPX-14 Interrogator-Responder IFF/SIF
Mode Int Spacing Reply Codes Uses Notes
Mode 1 3 us 32
Mode 2 5 us 4096
Mode 3A 8 us 4096
Mode C 21 us 1278 Altitude From Aircraft Altimeter
Mode 4 Encrypted ID info

UPX-14 Interrogator-Responder IFF/SIF

UPX-14 Interrogator-Responder IFF/SIF
Element Value Notes
Nomenclature UPX-14
Origins UPX-6
Variants
Manufacturer mmmmm
Type Interrogator-Responder
Technology Tube
IEEE Band UHF
Transmit Frequency 1030 MHz
Receive Frequency 1090 MHz
PRF Host radar determined
Power 117 V, single phase
50, 60, 400 Cycles
Range Host radar determined Long
Coder/Decoder External

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FPS-3 System Components

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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
  • MIL-HDBK-162A, 15 Dec 1965.

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