Volume 1
MlL-HDBK-162A
Section 1
15 December 1965
ITEM NAME: TRANSMITTING SET COORDINATE DATA
TYPE: AN/FST-2, 2A, 2B
Operating Power Requirements: 2OH3v ac,
from radar and radio sets and transmits the processed
60 cycle, 3 ph
data to the direction center. Each direction center
evaluates and acts upon target data information sup-
plied by several subordinate AN/FST-2, 2A, 2B
INSTALLATION CONSIDERATIONS
equipments.
Siting: Dependent on Associated Search Radar Set.
RELATION TO SIMILAR EQUIPMENT
Mounting: All equipment is mounted in equipment
cabinets which are designed for subfloor mounting
Transmitting Set AN/FST-2B is similar to and one
and are housed in an air conditioned building.
way interchangeable with AN/FST-2A. Differs in that
AN/FST-2B (SIF) portion is transistorized, whereas
Cabling Requirements:
All cables from the
AN/FST-2A is designed with vacuum tubes.
equipment cabinets to peripheral equipment or
junction boxes, or between cabinet groups which
TECHNICAL DESCRIPTION
are nonadjacent shall run in trenches below the
service floor level.
Input Signal Data:
Related Equipments: Associated Search
AN/FST-2A - 14 electrical inputs
Radar AN/CPS-6B, AN/FPS-3, AN/FPS-6,
AN/FST-2B - 31 electrical inputs
AN/FPS-7, AN/FPS-20 or any other
suitable high power search radar,
Output Signal Data:
Radar Identification Set AN/GPX-6A,
AN/FST-2A - 400 cycle Band width, 2v to lO0v level.
or AN/GPX-7A. Radar Recognition Set
AN/FST-2B - 400 cycle Band width, 2v to 10v level.
AN/GPX-30; Delay Line Set AM-1796/FPS.
PRINCIPAL COMPONENTS AND PHYSICAL DATA
USED ON
F
F
S
S
T
T
COMPONENT
2
2
QTY
HEIGHT
WIDTH
DEPTH
UNIT WT.
A
B
(Inches)
(Inches)
(Inches)
Interconnecting Box
X
X
1
J-797/FST-2
X
2
OA-2147/FST-2A
Decoder-Power Supply
X
2
Group OA-2444/FST-2B
Quantizer Group
X
2
OA-2149/FST-2A
Quantizer-Synchronizer
X
2
Group OA-2329/FST-2B
Coordinate Data Storage
X
2
Group OA-2148/FST-2A
Coordinate Data Storage
X
2
Group OA-2328/FST-2B
Coordinate Data Monitor
X
2
IP-366/FST-2
Coordinate Data Monitor
IP-498/FST-2
X
X
2
Data Processing Group
X
2
OA-215O/FST-2A
AN/FST-2: 2