MIL-HDBK-162
Volume 1
Section 2
DATE: 15 3uly 1964
ITEM NAME: RADAR SET
COGNIZANT SERVICE: USN
TYPE: AN/APS-30
FEDERAL STOCK NUMBER:
USA
USN
USAF
USMC
STATUS OR TYPE CLASSIFICATION
Mfg(s) Name or Code Number: Philco Corp.
Illustration not available
TECHNICAL DESCRIPTION
FUNCTIONAL DESCRIPTION
Peak Power Output: 70 to 90 kw
The AN/APS-30 is an airborne search radar
Range: 200 yd to 200 naut mi
equipment used in Navy fighter and torpedo bomber
Fixed Range Expansion: 5 or 30 naut mi sweep
aircraft It is primarily used for locating objects of military
display delayed up to 200 naut mi
significance, but may be used for navigation. It has
Power Requirements: 115v, 600 to 1600 cps,
provisions for IFF and beacon, and is designed to work
1-ph; and 27.5 vdc
with bombing calculators. It uses two depressed center
Sector Scan: Fixed at 50 and 150 deg
PPI's which give relative and bombing course bearing.
Antenna Tilt: Up 10 deg or down 30 deg
Beam Pattern: Cosecant squared
RELATION TO SIMILAR EQUIPMENT
Type Reflector: Cut paraboloid
The AN/APS-30 is similar to the AN/APS-31, except the
INSTALLATION CONSIDERATIONS
AN/APS-30 antenna is not stabilized.
Not available.
PRINCIPAL COMPONENTS AND PHYSICAL DATA
Not available.
REFERENCE DATA AND LITERATURE
Specification:
RE-13A1107
AN/APS-30: 1
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