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 |
| receiving 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.
Today, three air traffic control radars are located at this site, e.g. the Lanza LTR-25 as en-route radar.