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