[Milsurplus] Re: ASB gear

[BOEING377 at aol.com]

Fair Radio, in the 1960s, used to advertise complete ASB 7 sets unused as I 
recall. What kind of picture did the ASB gear display?  A PPI scope, an A 
scope?  Could you really see a radar picture or just a range blip on a straight 
line?

Some commercial fishing boats out of San Diego had what looked like surplus 
acft  radar pods mounted on top of the wheelhouse. the pods looked a lot like 
the one I had on my Lockheed P 38(M?)  2 seater plastic model. Looked kinda 
like a bomb shape with no fins. I was told that these radars could not present a 
360 degree picture but looked ahead and about 45 degrees to either side. The 
reportedly could see mountaintops at distances close to 100 miles, a claim I 
always doubted when I did the geometry. Were these surplus ASB radars?