AN/TPS-41
Description of the radar set, tactical-technical characteristics
Figure 1: AN/TPS-41
Figure 1: AN/TPS-41
| Specifications | |
|---|---|
| frequency: | 8 500 … 9 600 MHz
(X-Band) |
| pulse repetition time (PRT): | |
| pulse repetition frequency (PRF): | 200, 400 or 800 Hz |
| pulsewidth (τ): | 1 or 5 µs |
| receiving time: | |
| dead time: | |
| peak power: | 250 kW |
| average power: | |
| instrumented range: | 150 mi (≙ 240 km) |
| range resolution: | |
| accuracy: | |
| beamwidth: | 1.5° |
| hits per scan: | |
| antenna rotation: | 5 rpm |
| MTBCF: | 1 000 hrs |
| MTTR: | |
AN/TPS-41
AN/TPS-41 was operating in X-Band mobile military storm detection radar.
The antenna is a truncated parabolic reflector with a diameter of 5 feet. AN/TPS-41 uses a single scope using a 7-inch cathode ray tube for either PPI or RHI display. The transmitter was fitted with a magnetron of type SFD-304, later of type SFD-375 with higher pulse power of 475 kW.
Sources:
- Robbiani, Raymond L., “Tactical Field Demonstration of Mobile Weather Radar Set AN/TPS-41 at Fort Rucker, Alabama,” ECOM-5572, August 1975.