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''' | '''FPS-20''' Long Range Search Radar Set - A Long Range Search Radar set built by Bendix Corporation. Deployed in the late 1950s and 1960s to [[SAGE System]] radar sites. One of the most widely used heavy search radar sets during the period. Modified by GPA-102 and GPA-103 modification kits to provide additional electronic counter-counter measures (ECCM) and re-designated as a FPS-64/65/66/67 depending on which kit was applied. | ||
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File:Kamloops Radar Antenna - 07.jpg|Kamloops AFS FPS-20 Search Radar Antenna, now in a City Park. | |||
File:Kamloops Radar Antenna - 08.jpg|Kamloops AFS FPS-20 Search Radar Antenna, now in a City Park. | |||
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== FPS-20 Search Radar == | == FPS-20 Search Radar == | ||
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[[File:FPS-20.jpg|thumb|right|350px|FPS-20 on Temperate Tower]] | [[File:FPS-20.jpg|thumb|right|350px|FPS-20 on Temperate Tower]] | ||
<!--[[File:FPS-20 System.png|thumb|center|800px|FPS-3 System Components]]--> | <!--[[File:FPS-20 System.png|thumb|center|800px|FPS-3 System Components]]--> | ||
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'''See Also:''' | '''See Also:''' | ||
* [[SAGE System]] | * [[SAGE System]] | ||
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* [http://www.radartutorial.eu/19.kartei/karte814.en.html Radar Tutorial FPS-20] | * [http://www.radartutorial.eu/19.kartei/karte814.en.html Radar Tutorial FPS-20] | ||
[[Category:Radar Sets]] | |||
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Latest revision as of 12:37, 20 August 2026
FPS-20 Long Range Search Radar Set - A Long Range Search Radar set built by Bendix Corporation. Deployed in the late 1950s and 1960s to SAGE System radar sites. One of the most widely used heavy search radar sets during the period. Modified by GPA-102 and GPA-103 modification kits to provide additional electronic counter-counter measures (ECCM) and re-designated as a FPS-64/65/66/67 depending on which kit was applied.
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Kamloops AFS FPS-20 Search Radar Antenna, now in a City Park. -
Kamloops AFS FPS-20 Search Radar Antenna, now in a City Park.
