Volume 1
MIL-HDBK-162A
Section 1
15 December 1965
ITEM NAME: INTERROGATOR SET
TYPE: AN/GPX-17A
associated radar).
to the radar target being identified.
Pulse Width: 1 usec
Operating Voltage and Power Requirements:
RELATION TO SIMILAR EQUIPMENT:
115v ac, 50 to 410 cps, single ph
Similar to and interchangeable with Radar
Power Line Fluctuations: Must not exceed
Identification Set AN/GPX-17 the difference being this
plus or minus 2.5v with a crest factor
set also decodes the response from Transponder Set
within the range of 1.2 to 1.55
AN/APX-25.
INSTALLATION CONSIDERATIONS:
TECHNICAL DESCRIPTION
Siting: Radar Identification Set AN/GPX17A is for use
Frequency: Transmitting, 990 to 1I10 mc
only with Radio Set AN/TPS-1D. Operating sites
Receiving, 1060 to 1130 mc
where the radar equipment is installed will in all
Range: Range of the associated radar.
cases be suitable for the Radar Identification Set.
Number of Modes: 3
Antenna Type: Reflector type of
Mounting: Limitations are those imposed by the
associated radar.
designed lengths of the furnished cables.
Horizontal Beam Width: 4 deg
Vertical Beam Width: 12 deg
Related Equipments:
Radar Identification Set
Type of Presentation: PPI of associated
AN/GPX-17A is for use only with Radio Set
radar set.
AN/TPS-ID.
Pulse Repetition Rate: 180 to 425 pps
(adjusted to conform with prr of
PRINCIPAL COMPONENTS AND PHYSICAL DATA
COMPONENT
QTY
HEIGHT
WIDTH
DEPTH
UNIT WT.
(Inches)
(Inches)
(Inches)
Radar Recognition Set
1
AN/UPX-6X
Coder-Decoder Group
1
OA-1268/GPX-17A
Network, Pulse Delay
1
4-27/32
5-1/4
6-7/8
3.1
MX-1606/GPX-17
Case, Interrogation Set
1
15-1/4
20-7/8
24-7/8
55
CY-1653/GPX
Electrical Special Purpose
1
Case CY-1036/GPX-11
REFERENCE DATA AND LITERATURE
TECHNICAL ORDERS:
31P,1-2GPX17- Series
AN/GPX-17A: 2
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