[Milsurplus] radar help

[Glenn Little WB4UIV]

The AN/SPA-4 was the "standard" PPI display for the Navy.
We used one on the AN/BPS-11 RADAR.
Surface ships also used them on their RADARs in CIC.

73
Glenn
WB4UIV


At 09:19 PM 8/14/2010, J. Forster wrote:
>Andy,
>
>A model / type number would help a lot. They vary all over the place.
>
>You might also want to ask on the vintage-Military-RADAR Group on Yahoo.
>
>Robert, isn't the SPA-x a RADAR analyzer, rather than a PPI Display? I
>know the SPA-1 displayes things like pulse rep rate.
>
>Best,
>
>-John
>
>============
>
>
> > Andy,
> >
> > I have one manual on AN/SPA-4A.  Haven't looked at it in years (maybe
> > decades) and it might take a while to locate.  I imagine most of the
> > schematics
> > are wider than 11 x 17 (my in-house printer and scanner limit) but I could
> > get around that if required.  The SPA-4 is a pretty complicated unit
> > (although
> > not as bad as the SPA-8).  How much of it would you want?
> >
> > In a message dated 8/14/2010 6:24:16 PM Central Daylight Time,
> > andyprigge at gmail.com writes:
> >> Hello: does anyone have a schematic for a ppi indicator magnetic
> >> deflection
> >> tube type, another words not solid state?
> >> thanks all, andy VE3PRI
> >>
> >
> > Robert Downs - Houston
> > wa5cab dot com (Web Store)
> > MVPA 9480
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