MIL-HDBK-162A
Volume 1
15 December 1965
Section 1
DATE: 22 April 1964
ITEM NAME: HEIGHT-RANGE DATA CONVERTER
COGNIZANT SERVICE: USAF
TYPE: CV-601/FPS-6A
FEDERAL STOCK NUMBER: 5840-611-3192
USA
USN
USAF
USMC
None
STATUS OR TYPE CLASSIFICATION
Assigned
Mfg(s) Name or Code Number: General Electric Company
the density change rate of the medium through which
FUNCTIONAL DESCRIPTION
the beam is transmitted.
Height-Range Data Converter CV-601/FPS-6A is used
The CV-601/FPS-6A equipment is used when an
to correct the height-indication error introduced by
external source voltage from Coordinate Data
differences in the amount of radar beam refraction
Transmitter AN/FST-2 positions the height cursor
(bending) as the beam passes through the earth's
(height
atmosphere. The magnitude of refraction varies with
CV-601/FPS-6A: 1
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