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'''{{PAGENAME}} Long Range Height Finder Radar Set''' - A Long Range Height Finder Radar set built by General Electric Company. Deployed to long range radar sites, usually in pairs and as part of the SAGE network. Variants include the FPS-6A, FPS-6B and the mobile version MPS-14. | '''{{PAGENAME}} Long Range Height Finder Radar Set''' - A Long Range Height Finder Radar set built by General Electric Company. Deployed to long range radar sites in the 1950s and early 1960s, usually in pairs and as part of the SAGE network. Variants include the FPS-6A, FPS-6B and the mobile version MPS-14. | ||
This is a nodding type height finder, initially manually positioned by an operator. Under the SAGE System it was positioned by the the SAGE Direction Center. Target identification and height determination was made by an operator under the both the manual and the automatic SAGE System. | This is a nodding type height finder, initially manually positioned by an operator. Under the SAGE System it was positioned by the the SAGE Direction Center. Target identification and height determination was made by an operator under the both the manual and the automatic SAGE System. The FPS-6B incorporated a variable nodding feature not available in the other versions. | ||
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FPS-6 Long Range Height Finder Radar Set - A Long Range Height Finder Radar set built by General Electric Company. Deployed to long range radar sites in the 1950s and early 1960s, usually in pairs and as part of the SAGE network. Variants include the FPS-6A, FPS-6B and the mobile version MPS-14. This is a nodding type height finder, initially manually positioned by an operator. Under the SAGE System it was positioned by the the SAGE Direction Center. Target identification and height determination was made by an operator under the both the manual and the automatic SAGE System. The FPS-6B incorporated a variable nodding feature not available in the other versions.
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