AN/TPS-1D


Graphic courtesy Radio Research Instruments, Inc.

500 kW L Band TPS-1D (v) Mobile Surveillance Radar System.

Technical Specs: (Radio Research catalog)
L BAND SEARCH. Radar type AN/TPS-lD, ground radar. Freq band: 1220 to 1350mHz. Pwr output and range: 500KW, 20/40/80/160 mi. Indicator: PPI & A scopes. Magnetron type: 5J26 Mod type: 5C22 thyr. Rep rate: 2 microsec 360 to 400 pps. Pwr input: 115V 400 cy AC.Antenna: 4 deg H, 12 deg V.

Lincoln Laboratory Journal, Volume 12, Number 2, 2000, page 184, gives a table of operating characteristics of the AN/TPS-1D (Mod C), and lists the peak output power as 160 kW, and the average power as ~400 W. It lists the pulse width as 6 microseconds. All else is the same.

The AN/TPS-1D was later modified for use as the main DEW-Line radar known as the AN/FPS-19. See http://www.radomes.org/museum/equip/radarequip.php?link=fps-19.html.