[Milsurplus] Hat in hand - ASB-9A

Jim Klotz jklotz77 at verizon.net
Tue May 18 14:33:18 EDT 2004


Hi again folks.  First, thanks to all who answered my previous plea for help
locating documentation.

I've since learned that I had the wrong designator for the radar unit that
I'm trying to learn about.  I admit I'm ignorant about these systems beyond
a basic understanding of the function and the physics involved.

So here I am again, hat in hand, asking a second time for your help in
locating documentation, specs, photos or anything like that... this time for
the ASB-9A radar system as was in use late 1960s in B-52H aircraft.  I am
informed of the following:

The ASB-9A Radar system was called the IHSBR (Improved High Speed  Bombing
Radar), manufactured by Raytheon. The IHSBR consisted of a
receiver-transmitter, a modulator and a rotating antenna system  installed
in the nose section of the B-52. The IHSBR, like its predecessor (the HSBR)
was a three (3) centimeter waveguide system and generated RF energy provided
by a tunable (3) centimeter magnetron cavity resonator.

Thanks in advance for any information or leads you may provide.

Regards,
- Jim Klotz



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