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PRV-17

Description of the radar set, tactical-technical characteristics

Figure 1: “Odd Group” antenna trailer

Figure 1: “Odd Group” antenna trailer

Specifications
frequency: E-band
pulse repetition time (PRT):
pulse repetition frequency (PRF): 182 … 1460 pps
pulsewidth (τ): 1.1 and 9 µs
receiving time:
dead time:
peak power: > 2.5 MW
average power: > 41 kW
instrumented range: 600 km
range resolution: 1000 m
beamwidth β: 2.5°
beamwidth ε: 1.15°
hits per scan:
MTBCF:
MTTR:

PRV-17

PRV-17 „Lineyka” (Russian designation: 1RL141; Cyrillic: ПРВ-17 «Линейка» — 1РЛ141; NATO-designator: “Odd Group”) was an air-defense search radar (height-finder) in the States of the former Warsaw Pact.

The transmitter of the PRV–17 obtains it’s power by a Stabilotron (Type: MIS-2).

The pictures show a former site in Medina (Hungary) with the typical construction of the building with the hill for the trailer with the mounted antennas. Now there is a tower with a NATO radar, probably an AN/FPS-117. Not all compensation antennas were mounted at this PRV–17 shown here, however.

Picture gallery of PRV-17

Figure 2: former “Odd Group” site
in Medina (Ungaria)
(46°28'18.9" N   18°37'11.3.0" W)

Figure 3: PRV-17 in military historical
museum of Ukraine
(49°15'02.5" N   28°30'03.7" W)