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* [http://www.radomes.org/museum/equip.php Radomes - Radar Equipment]
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Revision as of 07:08, 29 May 2020

CPN-18 medium range Gap-filler Radar Set - A medium range radar set originally meant as a part of an Air Traffic Control System adapted as a Gap-filler Radar set for the Experimental Sage Sub-Sector (ESS). Built by Bendix Radio in the late 1940s.

CPN-18 Gap-filler Radar

CPN-18 Gap-filler Radar
Element Value Notes
Nomenclature CPN-18
Origins
Variants CPN-18A, 18C, 18D
Manufacturer Bendix Radio
Type Gap-filler
Number Made ?
IEEE Band S-Band
Frequency 2700- 2900 mc
PRF 1500 pps/ 900 pps modified
Pulse Width 0.5 usec
1.0 usec modified
Rotation Speed 10 rpm clockwise
Power 500 kw peak min
Range 53 nmi medium range
Introduced Circa 1946
CPN-18 Medium Range Search Radar.
CPN-18 ESS Installation at Halibut Point Radar Site.


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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