FPS-8

FPS-8 Medium Range Search Radar Set - A medium range air transportable Search Radar set built by General Electric. Some 200 units were produced between 1954 and 1958. FPS-8 Search Radar System. FPS-8 Search Radar FPS-8 Search Radar Element Value Notes Nomenclature FPS-8 Origins Variants GPS-3, MPS-11, FPS-88 Manufacturer General Electric Type Search Number Made 200+ IEEE Band L Band Frequency 1280-1350 MHz PRF 360 pps Pulse Width 2 us Peak Power Output 1 Megawatt Rotation Speed 0-10 rpm RF Power Source QK-358 Magnetron Tuneable Range 160 nmi 200 nmi with delay Medium Range Accuracy .5 mi Range .5 deg Azimuth Altitude 40 k feet Power Requirements 129/208 Volts, 3 Phase, 4 wire, 60 Cycle, 20 Kw Indicators 12" PPI, 5" A-Scope Introduced circa 1954 FPS-8/MPS-11/GPS-3 Antenna on Fixed Tower FPS-8/MPS-11 Search Radar Block Diagram. FPS-8 Components (edit list) Component Model Quantity Height Width Deep Weight Notes Antenna Group OA-405/FPS-8 1 200 300 72 2,429 Receiver Group OA-417/FPS-8 1 50-1/2 33-1/8 27 540 Transmitter Group OA-413/FPS-8 1 57-9/16 32 24 578 Modulator Group OA-414/FPS-8 1 55-1/3 24 24-1/4 578 Power Supply Group OA-412/FPS-8 1 54 30 28 1,160 Switching Group Electrical Power OA-415/FPS-8 1 61-1/2 25 32 760 Radar Set Group OA-381/FPS-8 1 40-3/4 33-3/8 26-5/8 150 Radar Set Group OA-416/FPS-8 1 63-9/16 24 29 570 Control, Antenna C-1133/FPS-8 1 30 15 15 Indicator, Range IP-209/FPS-8 1 21 28-11/16 15 150 Indicator Group OA-99A/CPS 2 to 6 42 21 43 419 PPI Scope Radome-Tower Group AN/GPA-89 1 See Also: MPS-11 US Radar Sets 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. Links: Radomes - FPS-8 Radomes - Radar Equipment