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29B6 „Container“

Description of the radar set, tactical-technical characteristics

Figure 1: Receiving antenna of 29B6 „Container“
(53°59'00.1" N   43°51'01.2" E)

Figure 1: Receiving antenna of 29B6 „Container“
(53°59'00.1" N   43°51'01.2" E)

Specifications
frequency: 3 … 30 MHz
(HF-band)
pulse repetition time (PRT):
pulse repetition frequency (PRF): 50 Hz
pulsewidth (τ):
receiving time:
dead time:
peak power:
average power:
instrumented range: 3 000 km
range resolution:
accuracy:
beamwidth:
hits per scan:
antenna rotation:
MTBCF:
MTTR:

29B6 „Container“

29B6 „Container“ is operating in the HF-band bistatic Over-The-Horizon (Surface Wave) Radar. The transmitter’s part is built near the town Gorodets (Cyrillic: Городец), Nizhny Novgorod Oblast, Russia. The receiving antenna and the main part of the radar are built near Kovylkino (Cyrillic: Ковылкино) in the Republic of Mordovia, Russia.

The receiving antenna system consists of 144 antenna-feeder masts 34 m high and has a length of 1 300 m and a depth of 200 m. The detection range of air targets is more than 3 000 km at altitudes of up to 100 kilometers, and the sector of view is 240 degrees.

Picture gallery of 29B6 „Container“

Figure 2: the transmitters antenna
(56°41'35.0" N   43°29'11.0" E)