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WR-73

Description of the radar set, tactical-technical characteristics

Figure 1: WR-73, installed on a boat for a field test

Figure 1: WR-73, installed on a boat for a field test

Specifications
frequency: 5.586 GHz
(C-band)
pulse repetition time (PRT):
pulse repetition frequency (PRF):
pulsewidth (τ): 1 µs
receiving time:
dead time:
peak power: 146 kW
average power:
instrumented range:
range resolution:
accuracy:
beamwidth: β= 1.52°;ε= 1.62°
hits per scan:
antenna rotation:
MTBCF:
MTTR:

WR-73

WR-73 was an operating in C-band weather radar developed by MIT and built by EEC in the early 1970s. With its relatively small antenna with a diameter of 8 feet (about 2.4 m), it was especially suitable for field tests.

Originally it was a conventional, non-Doppler radar because of the simple magnetron transmitter. A modernization to coherent-on-receive radar and thus possible measurement of Doppler frequencies was made in 1986.

It was decommissioned in the early 90s.