[Milsurplus] Radar Simulator

[Francesco Ledda]

The AN/MPQ-T1 had a similar system to generate simulated clutter. It  
was pretty neat.

Regs,

TO

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On Feb 12, 2009, at 3:20 PM, C Whitaker <whitaker at pa.net> wrote:

> de WB2CPN
> Usually those PPI radars which were used for air traffic
> control had a "Map Generator" which used a film negative
> and a photomultiplier tube.   I know the CPS-5, CPN-18
> and FPN-47 did way back then.  Keep it simple.  These
> negatives weren't all that large, and easy to change.   If you
> use a spare PPI display with no video feed, but with the
> brightness turned up, you can generate a video pulse where
> ever and when ever you want by placing a light detector
> on the display.  The light detectors were once carried by
> Radio Shack, and looked like a small transistor with a
> very small lenses in one end.  Good Luck.
> 73  Clete
>
>
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