MIL-HDBK-162A
Volume 1
15 December 1965
Section 2
DATE: 1 September 1964
ITEM NAME: ELECTRC .IC ALTIMETER SET
COGNIZANT SERVICE: USN
TYPE: AN/APN-I I1
FEDERAL STOCK NUMBER:
USA
USN
USAF
USMC
STATUS OR TYPE :CLASSIFICATION
Used by
Mfg(s} Name or Code Number: Bendix Corporation, Bendix-Pacific Div. (77068)
pulse from the transmit antenna towards the ground,
FUNCITONAL DESCRIPTION
and measuring the time Interval until RF energy returns
through the receive antenna and is deteced in t)he
Altimeter Set, Electronic AN/APN-141 is an airborne,
receiver. The altitude information is continusously
pulsed range-tracking radar, designed to provide highly
presented to the aircraft pilot, in feet of altitude, on the
accurate altitude information from 0 to 5000 ft. Altitude
dial
information is developed by radiating a short duration
RF
AN/APN-141: 1
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