rtrapasso
Posts: 22653
Joined: 9/3/2002 Status: offline
|
quote:
ORIGINAL: rhondabrwn I'm guessing it must be a Type 11 radar as the other, later, Japanese radars were all mobile. Type 11 Became Operational: June 1943 War Status: used operationally in war Installed: ground shore fixed Purpose: anti-air Wavelength: 300 cm Peak Output: 40 kw Transmitter: parallel two wire Receiver: UN-954 Detector: RE-3 Detected: aircraft, group at 250 km, single at 130 km Weight: 8700 kg Number Built: 30 Antennae: dipole array with mat type reflector, send and receive separate use Source: http://www.combinedfleet.com/radar.htm Well... I think you got it. Unforfortunately, the Combined Fleet site does not list this radar the same way my reference does. Thanx for the URL! You get the cookie! This is a Japanese Navy 3m Fixed Air Warning Radar model 1 mark 1. It was one of two captured at Guadalcanal in August 1942 when the Marines took Henderson Field. The radar experts were stunned at this discovery. I was surprised myself, as I think I've read about 10 books on Guadalcanal, and I don't remember them mentioning anything like this. I think the Combined Fleet site Type 11 actually means type 1 model 1. The size and frequency are the same. The reference I have says that it was 5 kw power, and also says it was operational before June 1943. The Allied fleet pulled out after the Battle of Savo Island, and the radar sets (SCR270's) did not get landed, so the US troops tried to run these two beasts. I don't think they succeeded, though, as the same source says that Guadalcanal didn't have radar coverage until some time later.
< Message edited by rtrapasso -- 11/3/2004 12:55:55 PM >
_____________________________
|