MIL-HDBK-162A
Volume 1
15 December 1965
Section 1
DATE: 1 May 1964
ITEM NAME: RADAR BEACON
COGNIZANT SERVICE: USAF
TYPE: AN/FPN-13
FEDERAL STOCK NUMBER: 5895-538-2269-EG
USA
USN
USAF
USMC
STATUS OR TYPE CLASSIFICATION
STD
Mfg(s) Narne or Code Number: Webster - Chicago Corporation
airborne interrogator capable of originating a triggered
FUNCTIONAL DESCRIPTION
pulse satisfying the frequency and pulse width
requirements of the beacon. When triggered, the
Radar Beacon AN/FPN-13 is a micro-wave
beacon transmits a group of coded pulses, which when
transponder type radar beacon, designed to operate
interpreted, will identify the beacon and enable the
unattended in a fixed sheltered installation as a
aircraft to establish its relative
navigational aid to aircraft. It may be triggered by any
AN/FPN-13: 1
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