MIL-HDBK-162A
Volume 1
15 December 1965
Section 3
DATE: 1 September 1964
ITEM NAME: DECODER GROUP
COGNIZANT SERVICE: USN
TYPE: AN/UPA-50(XN-1)
FEDERAL STOCK NUMBER:
USA
USN
USAF
USMC
STATUS OR TYPE CLASSIFICATION
Used by
Mfg(s) Name or Code Number: Admiral Corporation (08128)
MK-X (SIF) system in any one of the three selectable
FUNCTIONAL DESCRIPTION
IFF modes. It performs simultaneously a passive
decode, a bracket decode, and an active decode
Decoder Group AN/UPA-50(XN-1) is comprised of three
function and augments the over-all system capability for
complementary units, a Video Decoder, A Decoder
positive identification of radar-detected aircraft or ships,
Indicator, and a Power Supply, a decoder group
and for the subsequent tracking of IFF
processes the multiple pulse coded replies of the IFF
AN/UPA-50(XN-1): 1