AN/TPS-22
Description of the radar set, tactical-technical characteristics
Figure 1: View of Monkey Mountain: in the foreground the brighter radome of the AN/TPS-34, behind it the perfectly spherical radome of the AN/TPS-22
Figure 1: View of Monkey Mountain: in the foreground the brighter radome of the AN/TPS-34, behind it the perfectly spherical radome of the AN/TPS-22
| Specifications | |
|---|---|
| frequency: | 406 … 450 MHz
(UHF-Band) |
| pulse repetition time (PRT): | |
| pulse repetition frequency (PRF): | 295 Hz |
| pulsewidth (τ): | 5 µs |
| receive time: | |
| dead time: | |
| peak power: | 2 MW |
| average power: | |
| instrumented range: | 750 km |
| range resolution: | |
| accuracy: | |
| beamwidth: | |
| hits per scan: | |
| antenna rotation: | 6 min⁻¹ |
| MTBCF: | |
| MTTR: | |
AN/TPS-22
The AN/TPS-22 was an operating in UHF-Band long range surveillance radar using a rotating balloon antenna, so called Paraballoon Antenna (see: AN/TPS-27).
It was operational during the Vietnam war on the so called Monkey Mountain (16°08'02.0" N 108°14'48.3" E) It was easy to install, but had problems during tropical storms, which destroyed the antenna in 1968.