MIL-HDBK-162A
Volume 1
15 December 1965
Section 1
DATE: 1 July 1964
ITEM NAME: VIDEO AMPLIFIER
COGNIZANT SERVICE: USN
TYPE: AM-229/UP
FEDERAL STOCK NUMBER:
USA
USN
USAF
USMC
STATUS OR TYPE CLASSIFICATION
Mfg (s) Name or Code Number: National Electrical Machine Shops Inc, Silver Spring, Md
allowed. Since the video and trigger voltage outputs of
FUNCTIONAL DESCRIPTION
the various radar equipments vary considerably, the
distance at which the use of the video amplifier AM-
The AM-229/UP is a repeater unit for video signals
229/UP is necessary must be determined by trial. For
and trigger pulses. It is designed to be used when it is
most equipments, except Radar Set AN/CPS-5, this
desired to transmit radar data to a remote repeater at a
distance will be around 750 ft. Since the
distance in excess of the maximum distance ordinarily
AM-229/UP: 1