FPS-14

FPS-14 Short Range Gap Filler Radar Set - A Short Range Gap Filler Radar set built by Bendix Radio Division of Bendix Aviation Corporation. Deployed during the 1950s and early 1960s in unattended gap-filler radar sites to fill in gaps in the long range radar coverage. Used in the SAGE System to directly send target data to a SAGE direction center. The radar antenna was mounted on a three legged tower that came in heights of 28, 40, 54 or 70 feet tall.

FPS-14 Gap Filler Site

The radar set itself was contained in a small two room "L" shaped building with the smaller room containing up to three backup power generators and the larger room containing the dual channel radar set. That room also contained the FST-1 Coordinate Data Transmitter that digitized the radar data and transmitted target data to the direction center via phone lines. Also in that room was the FSW-1 Control Monitor Set that enabled remote control from the radar site of power switching and channel changes on the dual channel equipment. The FSW-1 also monitored up to 30 functions on the site and could control up to 20 functions remotely.

FPS-14 Gap Filler Radar Element Value Notes Nomenclature FPS-14 Origins Variants Manufacturer Bendix Radio Division of Bendix Aviation Corporation Type Gap Filler Number Made 100~ IEEE Band S Frequency 2700-2900MHz PRF 891 to 909, 1200 pps Pulse Width 1 us Rotation Speed 5.33 rpm Power 460 kw 4J31...4J35 fixed magnetron 5586 (tunable) magnetron Range 65 nmi Short Range Altitude 15,000 feet Introduced 1950s Stock Number 5840-342-3089 FPS-14 Major Components (edit list) Component Model Quantity Height Width Deep Weight Notes Antenna Group OA-897/FPS-14 1 1,668 lb Transmitter Group OA-864/FPS-14 2 84" 48" 31" 1,543 lb Receiver Group OA-898/FPS-14 2 84" 48" 27" 720 lb Control Monitor Group OA-896/FPS-14 1 53" 40" 27" 408 lb Directional Coupler CU-453/FPS-14 2 7.75" 5.25" 24.5" 32 lb Waveguide Switch SA-436/FPS-14 1 11.75" 13.25" 13.25 53 lb Waveguide Tuner TN-243/FPS-14 2 Dummy Load DA-961/FPS-28 1 5" 6.25" 21.5" 31 lb Voltage Regulator CN-325/FPS-14 2 40.5" 24.5" 17.5" 390 lb Test & Maintenance Table FN-83/FPS-14 1 Indicator Group OA-1166/FPS-14 1 40" 18.5" 30.5" 213 lb See Also: SAGE System US Radar Sets Sources: Winkler, David F., Searching the Skies: the Legacy of the United States Cold War Defense Radar Program, USAF Hq Air Combat Command, 1997, 192 pages, Pdf MIL-HDBK-162A, 15 Dec 1965. Links: Bad Links /museum/equip.php Radar Equipment] Related: Ajo Air Force Station, Antigo Air Force Station, Arlington Heights Air Force Station, Bad Links, Bartlesville Air Force Station, Baudette Air Force Station, Bellefontaine Air Force Station, Belleville Air Force Station, Benton Air Force Station, Bethany Beach WWII Radar Site, Blaine Air Force Station, Boron Air Force Station, Brookfield Air Force Station, Brunswick Air Force Station, Burns Air Force Station, Calumet Air Force Station, Cambria Air Force Station, Cape Charles Air Force Station, Cartwright Air Station, Caswell Air Force Station, Charleston Air Force Station, Cherry Point MCAS Radar Site, Colville Air Force Station, Cottonwood Air Force Station, Cross City Air Force Station, Crystal Springs Air Force Station, Custer Air Force Station, Cut Bank Air Force Station, Dallas Center Air Force Station, Dauphin Island Air Force Station, Dickinson Air Force Station, Eagle Pass Air Force Station, Ellington Air Force Base Radar Site, Empire Air Force Station, England Air Force Base Radar Site, Eufaula Air Force Station, Experimental SAGE Subsector, FST-1, FSW-1, Fallon Air Force Station, Finland Air Force Station, Finley Air Force Station, Fort Fisher Air Force Station, Fort Lawton Air Force Station, Fort Meade Radar Site, Guthrie Air Force Station, Havre Air Force Station, Highlands Air Force Station, Hopedale Air Station, Houma Air Force Station, Hutchinson Air Force Station, Jacksonville NAS Radar Site, Joelton Air Force Station, Kalispell Air Force Station, Keno Air Force Station, Killeen Air Force Station, Kingman Air Force Station, Kirksville Air Force Station, Klamath Air Force Station, Lake Charles Air Force Station, Lake City Air Force Station, Las Cruces Air Force Station, Lockport Air Force Station, MacDill Air Force Base Radar Site, Manassas Air Force Station, Marietta Air Force Station, Mica Peak Air Force Station, Miles City Air Force Station, Mill Valley Air Force Station, Minot Air Force Station, Montauk Air Force Station, Mount Laguna Air Force Station, Mount Lemmon Air Force Station, North Bend Air Force Station, North Charleston Air Force Station, North Truro Air Force Station, Oakdale Air Force Station, Omaha Air Force Station, Opheim Air Force Station, Osceola Air Force Station, Othello Air Force Station, Ozona Air Force Station, Point Arena Air Force Station, Poston Air Force Station, RCAF Station Lac St. Denis, Red Bluff Air Force Station, Red Cliff Air Station, Richmond Air Force Station, Roanoke Rapids Air Force Station, Rockport Air Force Station, Rye Air Force Station, SAGE System, Saint Albans Air Force Station, Saratoga Springs Air Force Station, Savannah Air Force Station, Selfridge Air Force Base Radar Site, Snow Mountain Air Force Station, St. Anthony Air Station, Sweetwater Air Force Station, TD-285, Tyndall Air Force Base Radar Site, US Radar Sets, Wadena Air Force Station, Walker Air Force Base Radar Site, Watertown Air Force Station, Waverly Air Force Station, Winnemucca Air Force Station, Winslow Air Force Station, Winston-Salem Air Force Station, Yaak Air Force Station, Yuma Air Force Station, Zapata Air Force Station, West Mesa Air Force Station,