MIL-HDBK-162A
Volume 1
15 December 1965
Section 3
DATE: 1 July 1964
ITEM NAME: RADAR SET
COGNIZANT SERVICE: USN
TYPE: AN/SPS-8D
FEDERAL STOCK NUMBER:
USA
USN
USAF
USMC
STATUS OR TYPE CLASSIFICATION
Mfg(s) Name or Code Number: General Electric Company, Syracuse, New York
Illustration not available.
degrees elevation sector between o degrees and 36
FUNCTIONAL DESCRIPTION
degrees elevation for the full 360 degrees in azimuth at
2, 3, 5 or 10 rpm or manual search lighting or sector
The AN/SPS-BD Radar Set is a shipborne three-
scanning, with 41 db high-gain fully stabilized antenna.
coordinate radar used for search, detection, height
It consists of Radar Set AN/SPS-BA and AS-828A/SPS
finding and control of intercepts.
Has continuous
scanning in elevation and azimuth, presenting any 120
AN/SPS-8D: 1