MIL-HDBK-162A
Volume 1
15 December 1965
Section 1
DATE: 1 July 1964
ITEM NAME: RADIO SET
COGNIZANT SERVICE: USN
TYPE: AN/CPN-3
FEDERAL STOCK NUMBER: F5895-665-2465 W/S
USA
USN
USAF
USMC
STATUS OR TYPE CLASSIFICATION
Mfg(s) Name or Code Number: Philco Corporation, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
super-high frequency band, and transmitting at a preset
FUNCTIONAL DESCRIPTION
frequency near this band. It transmits coded signals
which identify the beacon to the interrogating aircraft.
The AN/CPN-3 is a ground radar beacon which
These signals, transmitted after a delay of 4 sec,
responds automatically to beacon interrogating pulses
from radar equipment on aircraft seeking the beacon
consists of six or less time spaced pulses which appear
position. The radio set is non-directional, receiving over
on the aircraft indicator screen.
a wide
AN/CPN-3: 1
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