TPS-10

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TPS-10 Medium Range Height Finder Radar Set - A Medium Range Height Finder Radar set built by Zenith/RCA. The original TPS-10 was developed by the MIT Radiation Laboratory during WWII. The postwar A model was produced by Zenith Corporation and following models, including the D model, produced by the Radio Corporation of America (RCA). Modified versions were produced as FPS-4 (fixed) and MPS-8 (mobile), some 450 copies of these versions were produced between 1948 and 1954.

TPS-10D Height Finder Radar

TPS-10D Height Finder Radar
Element Value Notes
Nomenclature TPS-10D
Origins PS-10
TPS-10A
TPS-10B
Variants TPS-10
TPS-10A
TPS-10B
Manufacturer Zenith/RCA
Type Height Finder
Number Made 450~ All variants
IEEE Band X
Frequency 9230-9404 MHz
PRF 539 pps
Pulse Width 0.5 or 2 usec
Rotation Speed Auto - 1/3 rpm
Manual - 0 to 6 rpm
Nod Speed Auto - 60 cpm
Manual - 30 cpm
Power 250 kw peak 6002 Magnetron
Range 120 nmi Medium Range
Altitude -5,000 to +60,000
Introduced WWII

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TPS-10D System Components


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, page 76.
  • MIL-HDBK-162A, 15 Dec 1965.

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