FPS-26

FPS-26 Long Range Height Finder Radar Set - A Long Range Height Finder Radar set built by Avco Corporation. Deployed to long range radar sites in the 1960s and used within the SAGE System. Selfridge AFB Radar Site after Closure, FPS-26 Radar Tower in Center, FPS-35 Radar Tower in the Back FPS-26 Height Finder Radar FPS-26 Height Finder Radar Element Value Notes Nomenclature FPS-26 Origins Variants FPS-26A Manufacturer Avco Corporation Type Height Finder Number Made IEEE Band C Frequency 5400-5900 MHz FD PRF Pulse Width Rotation Speed Power 5 MW ~ Range Long Range Altitude Introduced 1960s Makah AFS FPS-26A Antenna, now at McChord AFB Former SAGE Direction Center DC-12 See Also: 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, page 82. MIL-HDBK-162A, 15 Dec 1965. Links: Radomes - Radar Equipment Wikipedia - FPS-26