MIL-HDBK-162A
Volume 1
15 December 1965
Section 3
DATE: 1 July 1964
ITEM NAME: BEACON SYSTEM, RADIO
SERVICE: USN
TYPE: AN/UPN-14
FEDERAL STOCK NUMBER: 5825-552-0092 W/S
USA
USN
USAF
USMC
STATUS OR TYPE CLASSIFICATION Used By
Used By
Mfg((S) Name or Code Number: Litton Industries, Maryland Electronics Mfg. Corp. (82699)
Illustration not Available.
FUNCTIONAL DESCRIPTION
the Radio Beacon Set AN/TPN-11 equipments installed
at each of two (2) shore stations, display the returned
The Beacon System Radio AN/IUPN-14 is designed
signals on the screen of a cathode-ray tube and indicate
for shipboard installation. It is an "inverted" Loran type
the range to each shore station on direct reading range
equipment used as an automatic electronic positioning
counters.
indicator system.
Its function is to interrogate
AN/UPN-14: 1