MIL-HDBK-162A
Volume 1
15 December 1965
Section 3
DATE: 1 July 1964
ITEM NAME: RADAR INDICATING EQUIPMENT
COGNIZANT SERVICE: USN
TYPE: VG*, VG-1**, VG-2***
5840-644-4630*
FEDERAL STOCK NUMBER:
5840-665-3810**
5840-548-7251***
USA
USN
USAF
USMC
STATUS OR TYPE CLASSIFICATION
Obsoles
Mfg(s) Name or Code Number: General Electric Company
FUNCTIONAL DESCRIPTION
RELATION TO SIMILAR EQUIPMENT
None.
Radar Indicating Equipment VG, VG1,and VG-2 are
used aboard ship to project the PPI pattern of associated
TECHNICAL DESCRIPTION
radar equipment upon a flat-top viewing screen of opal
glass or tracing paper. Tactical calculations can be
Trigger Pulse: 5 to 40v peak
made directly upon the plot.
Video Pulse: 3v peak
A range selector switch provides a 4-, 10-,20-, 80-, or
Range: 4, 10, 20, 80, and 200 m i
200-mile radius, with concentric range marks. The
Pulse Repetition Rate:
equipment also projects two concentric dials (using an
4-, 10-, 20-mi ranges - 60 to 1,050 pps
O.S.C. dial projector), each marked with a 360-deg
80-mi range - 60 to 850 pps
calibration. The inner dial is fixed and is adjustable for
200-mi range - 60 to 325 pps
true or relative bearing; the outer dial rotates and
presents the ship's heading.
VG: 1
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