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Technical details

AERIAL

Parabolic

6 foot 8 foot
Beam width 2.1° 1.7°
Gain 38dB 40dB
Elevation over Azimuth pedestal with printed circuit low voltage motors
Elevation adjustable between -2° and 90° Azimuth Speed: 0-5 RPM
1500 rpm connical scan RF feed for windfinding,
parked in Surveillance mode(Met)
TRANSMITTER
5600 - 5650 MHz
250 kW. peak power
Pulse length 0.25 & 2 microseconds at a PRF of 250 pps
RECEIVER
-110dBm Receiver Noise Level, Swept Gain 28dB 5-128 km
SERVO
Transistor output, Manual and Auto Track /0-5rpm Azimuth and manual control for Met mode
DISPLAY
Surveillance mode:(Met) Scan converted 19" Barco RGB monitor

Windfinding mode:

7 segment LED readouts for
Range; 0-240km, 2m resolution
Angle ; 0.2° resolution
5"??A/R Scan display,
4 ranges: 5,60,120,240km

DATA OUTPUT

Surveillance mode: 6 level DVIP colour raster display
Windfinding mode: Automatic printout of time , range, azimuth, wind speed/direct/height
Tracking Accuracy:; - 20m RMS and 0.07° at 100km on 50cm target
POWER SUPPLY 240vac 50Hz 2kVA
OTHER EQUIPMENT

PRINTER: Datel-Intersil APP-20:
20 column, 58mm wide thermal paper, blue print colour

(1) WF100-5C Windfinding Radar Operators Handbook, October 1982