Q6 Specifications

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==Brief System Details== ==Brief System Details==
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<td></td> <td></td>
- <td class=xl25>Feed:<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>                     + <td class=xl25>Feed:<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>
</span>Five horn monopulse</td> </span>Five horn monopulse</td>
<td></td> <td></td>
- <td><span style='mso-spacerun:yes'> </span></td>+ <td><span style='mso-spacerun:yes'> </span></td>
<td></td> <td></td>
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- <td class=xl25>Depth of Null:<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>         + <td class=xl25>Depth of Null:<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>
</span>35 db</td> </span>35 db</td>
<td colspan=3 style='mso-ignore:colspan'></td> <td colspan=3 style='mso-ignore:colspan'></td>
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- <td class=xl25>Bandwidth:<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>             + <td class=xl25>Bandwidth:<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>
</span>0.4 degree.</td> </span>0.4 degree.</td>
<td colspan=3 style='mso-ignore:colspan'></td> <td colspan=3 style='mso-ignore:colspan'></td>
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<td></td> <td></td>
- <td class=xl25>Polarisation:<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>           + <td class=xl25>Polarisation:<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>
</span>Transmit and receive vertical …</td> </span>Transmit and receive vertical …</td>
<td></td> <td></td>
- <td><span style='mso-spacerun:yes'> </span></td>+ <td><span style='mso-spacerun:yes'> </span></td>
<td></td> <td></td>
</tr> </tr>
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<td></td> <td></td>
- <td class=xl25><span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>                             + <td class=xl25><span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>
</span>… or Transmit left hand circular Receive right hand circular</td> </span>… or Transmit left hand circular Receive right hand circular</td>
<td colspan=3 style='mso-ignore:colspan'></td> <td colspan=3 style='mso-ignore:colspan'></td>
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x:str="Rates: 500 mil/second. (both Azimuth and Elevation) ">Rates:<span x:str="Rates: 500 mil/second. (both Azimuth and Elevation) ">Rates:<span
- style='mso-spacerun:yes'>                     </span>500 mil/second. (both+ style='mso-spacerun:yes'> </span>500 mil/second. (both
- Azimuth and Elevation)<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'> </span></td>+ Azimuth and Elevation)<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'> </span></td>
<td colspan=3 style='mso-ignore:colspan'></td> <td colspan=3 style='mso-ignore:colspan'></td>
</tr> </tr>
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<td></td> <td></td>
- <td class=xl25><span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>                             + <td class=xl25><span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>
</span>Would track smoothly at 0.01mils/sec. (1 degree = 17.8 mils)</td> </span>Would track smoothly at 0.01mils/sec. (1 degree = 17.8 mils)</td>
<td colspan=3 style='mso-ignore:colspan'></td> <td colspan=3 style='mso-ignore:colspan'></td>
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<td></td> <td></td>
- <td class=xl25>Drive:<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>                    + <td class=xl25>Drive:<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>
</span>Hydraulic, Azimuth bearing is hydrostatic.</td> </span>Hydraulic, Azimuth bearing is hydrostatic.</td>
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- <td class=xl25>Rotation:<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>                + <td class=xl25>Rotation:<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>
</span>Azimuth 360 degrees continuous.</td> </span>Azimuth 360 degrees continuous.</td>
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<td></td> <td></td>
- <td class=xl25>Elevation:<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>              + <td class=xl25>Elevation:<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>
</span>-2 to +182 degrees.</td> </span>-2 to +182 degrees.</td>
<td colspan=3 style='mso-ignore:colspan'></td> <td colspan=3 style='mso-ignore:colspan'></td>
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- <td class=xl25>Dynamic Range:<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>      </span>120+ <td class=xl25>Dynamic Range:<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'> </span>120
db.</td> db.</td>
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<td></td> <td></td>
- <td class=xl25>Threshold:<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>              + <td class=xl25>Threshold:<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>
</span>Paramps on, 0.6 Mhz I.F. bandwidth, -112 dbm</td> </span>Paramps on, 0.6 Mhz I.F. bandwidth, -112 dbm</td>
<td></td> <td></td>
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<td></td> <td></td>
- <td class=xl25>Preamplifier:<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>            </span>Heated parametric amplifier (one per channel) Gain 17 db, bandwidth+ <td class=xl25>Preamplifier:<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'> </span>Heated parametric amplifier (one per channel) Gain 17 db, bandwidth
100 khz.</td> 100 khz.</td>
<td colspan=3 style='mso-ignore:colspan'></td> <td colspan=3 style='mso-ignore:colspan'></td>
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- <td class=xl25>Noise Figure:<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>           + <td class=xl25>Noise Figure:<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>
</span>Paramps on: 4 db. Paramps off: 10 db.</td> </span>Paramps on: 4 db. Paramps off: 10 db.</td>
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- <td class=xl25>I.F.:<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>                        + <td class=xl25>I.F.:<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>
</span>30 Mhz</td> </span>30 Mhz</td>
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<td></td> <td></td>
- <td class=xl25>I.F. Bandwidth:<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>        + <td class=xl25>I.F. Bandwidth:<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>
</span>4.8, 2.4, 1.6 or 0.6 Mhz</td> </span>4.8, 2.4, 1.6 or 0.6 Mhz</td>
<td colspan=3 style='mso-ignore:colspan'></td> <td colspan=3 style='mso-ignore:colspan'></td>
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<td height=20 class=xl26 colspan=2 style='height:15.0pt;mso-ignore:colspan'><B>Transmitter:</B></td> <td height=20 class=xl26 colspan=2 style='height:15.0pt;mso-ignore:colspan'><B>Transmitter:</B></td>
- <td class=xl25>Power (pulse):<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>         + <td class=xl25>Power (pulse):<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>
</span>3.00 Megawatts, (average): 5.00 kilowatts</td> </span>3.00 Megawatts, (average): 5.00 kilowatts</td>
<td colspan=3 style='mso-ignore:colspan'></td> <td colspan=3 style='mso-ignore:colspan'></td>
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- <td class=xl25>Duty cycle:<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>              + <td class=xl25>Duty cycle:<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>
</span>0.00167 max.</td> </span>0.00167 max.</td>
<td colspan=3 style='mso-ignore:colspan'></td> <td colspan=3 style='mso-ignore:colspan'></td>
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- <td class=xl25>Pulse width:<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>             + <td class=xl25>Pulse width:<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>
</span>0.25, 0.5, 1.0 or 2.4 microseconds</td> </span>0.25, 0.5, 1.0 or 2.4 microseconds</td>
<td colspan=3 style='mso-ignore:colspan'></td> <td colspan=3 style='mso-ignore:colspan'></td>
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- <td class=xl25>Pulse Rep. Freq.:<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>     + <td class=xl25>Pulse Rep. Freq.:<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>
</span>150 or 640 p.p.s. normal (range from 142 to 1707 p.p.s. available)</td> </span>150 or 640 p.p.s. normal (range from 142 to 1707 p.p.s. available)</td>
<td colspan=3 style='mso-ignore:colspan'></td> <td colspan=3 style='mso-ignore:colspan'></td>
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- <td class=xl25>Frequency:<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>              + <td class=xl25>Frequency:<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>
</span>5.4 to 5.9 GHz. Variable in 243-KHz steps.</td> </span>5.4 to 5.9 GHz. Variable in 243-KHz steps.</td>
<td colspan=3 style='mso-ignore:colspan'></td> <td colspan=3 style='mso-ignore:colspan'></td>
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- <td class=xl25>Power Amplifier:<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>      + <td class=xl25>Power Amplifier:<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>
</span>Three-cavity klystron, gain about 30 db.</td> </span>Three-cavity klystron, gain about 30 db.</td>
<td colspan=3 style='mso-ignore:colspan'></td> <td colspan=3 style='mso-ignore:colspan'></td>
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<td></td> <td></td>
- <td class=xl25>Range:<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>                    + <td class=xl25>Range:<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>
</span>600 yards to 32,768 nautical miles. unambiguous.</td> </span>600 yards to 32,768 nautical miles. unambiguous.</td>
<td colspan=3 style='mso-ignore:colspan'></td> <td colspan=3 style='mso-ignore:colspan'></td>
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- <td class=xl25>Rates:<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>                     + <td class=xl25>Rates:<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>
</span>Slew rate 240,000 yards/second maximum.</td> </span>Slew rate 240,000 yards/second maximum.</td>
<td colspan=3 style='mso-ignore:colspan'></td> <td colspan=3 style='mso-ignore:colspan'></td>
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- <td class=xl25>Tracking rate:<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>          + <td class=xl25>Tracking rate:<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>
</span>20,000 yd/sec</td> </span>20,000 yd/sec</td>
<td colspan=3 style='mso-ignore:colspan'></td> <td colspan=3 style='mso-ignore:colspan'></td>
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- <td class=xl25>Target acceleration:<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>  + <td class=xl25>Target acceleration:<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>
</span>600 yards/sec/sec.</td> </span>600 yards/sec/sec.</td>
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- <td class=xl25>Accuracy:<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>                + <td class=xl25>Accuracy:<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>
</span>Skin mode 5 yds Beacon mode 10 yards</td> </span>Skin mode 5 yds Beacon mode 10 yards</td>
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<td height=20 class=xl24 colspan=2 style='height:15.0pt;mso-ignore:colspan'><B>Angle <td height=20 class=xl24 colspan=2 style='height:15.0pt;mso-ignore:colspan'><B>Angle
System:</B></td> System:</B></td>
- <td class=xl25>Rates:<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>                     + <td class=xl25>Rates:<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>
</span>As for antenna</td> </span>As for antenna</td>
<td class=xl25></td> <td class=xl25></td>
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- <td class=xl25>Accuracy:<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>                + <td class=xl25>Accuracy:<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>
</span>0.1 mil (S/N greater than 20 db)</td> </span>0.1 mil (S/N greater than 20 db)</td>
<td class=xl25></td> <td class=xl25></td>
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x:str="Scans: Rectangular, raster, circle or spiral. ">Scans:<span x:str="Scans: Rectangular, raster, circle or spiral. ">Scans:<span
- style='mso-spacerun:yes'>                      </span>Rectangular, raster,+ style='mso-spacerun:yes'> </span>Rectangular, raster,
- circle or spiral.<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'> </span></td>+ circle or spiral.<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'> </span></td>
<td colspan=3 class=xl25 style='mso-ignore:colspan'></td> <td colspan=3 class=xl25 style='mso-ignore:colspan'></td>
</tr> </tr>
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- <td class=xl25>Max scan ampl:<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>        + <td class=xl25>Max scan ampl:<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>
</span>2.8 degrees</td> </span>2.8 degrees</td>
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- <td class=xl25>Servo bandwidth:<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>     + <td class=xl25>Servo bandwidth:<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>
</span>5Hz.</td> </span>5Hz.</td>
<td class=xl25></td> <td class=xl25></td>
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<td class=xl25 x:str="Range, Azimuth and Elevation at 6 second intervals. ">Range, <td class=xl25 x:str="Range, Azimuth and Elevation at 6 second intervals. ">Range,
Azimuth and Elevation at 6 second intervals.<span Azimuth and Elevation at 6 second intervals.<span
- style='mso-spacerun:yes'> </span></td>+ style='mso-spacerun:yes'> </span></td>
<td colspan=3 style='mso-ignore:colspan'></td> <td colspan=3 style='mso-ignore:colspan'></td>
</tr> </tr>
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<td class=xl25 x:str="1 x 7 inch A scope. ">1 x 7 inch A scope.<span <td class=xl25 x:str="1 x 7 inch A scope. ">1 x 7 inch A scope.<span
- style='mso-spacerun:yes'> </span></td>+ style='mso-spacerun:yes'> </span></td>
<td colspan=3 style='mso-ignore:colspan'></td> <td colspan=3 style='mso-ignore:colspan'></td>
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<td class=xl25 x:str="1 x 5 inch A scope. ">1 x 5 inch A scope.<span <td class=xl25 x:str="1 x 5 inch A scope. ">1 x 5 inch A scope.<span
- style='mso-spacerun:yes'> </span></td>+ style='mso-spacerun:yes'> </span></td>
<td colspan=3 style='mso-ignore:colspan'></td> <td colspan=3 style='mso-ignore:colspan'></td>
</tr> </tr>
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</tr> </tr>
</table> </table>
 +
 +=='Block Diagram' with 'Brief System Details' below==
 + [[Image:Q6-block.jpg|left|thumbnail|700px|Note the RCA computer at the heart of the system]]

Revision as of 07:38, 3 February 2007


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FPQ-6 Control console. Seated unknown RCA engineers?; standing foreground Ron Burgess with Geoge Allan in front of him operating the controls, then to the right Len Algate, Q6 Engineer, hidden behind him Monte Sala, and at the back Mike Marsh: Photo – George Allan
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FPQ-6 Control console. Seated unknown RCA engineers?; standing foreground Ron Burgess with Geoge Allan in front of him operating the controls, then to the right Len Algate, Q6 Engineer, hidden behind him Monte Sala, and at the back Mike Marsh: Photo – George Allan

Brief System Details


Antenna: 29 ft Cassegrain feed, Gain - 51 db across the band.
Feed: Five horn monopulse
Depth of Null: 35 db
Bandwidth: 0.4 degree.
Polarisation: Transmit and receive vertical …
… or Transmit left hand circular Receive right hand circular
Rates: 500 mil/second. (both Azimuth and Elevation)
Would track smoothly at 0.01mils/sec. (1 degree = 17.8 mils)
Drive: Hydraulic, Azimuth bearing is hydrostatic.
Rotation: Azimuth 360 degrees continuous.
Elevation: -2 to +182 degrees.
Receiver: Three channel amplitude monopulse.
Dynamic Range: 120 db.
Threshold: Paramps on, 0.6 Mhz I.F. bandwidth, -112 dbm .
Preamplifier: Heated parametric amplifier (one per channel) Gain 17 db, bandwidth 100 khz.
Noise Figure: Paramps on: 4 db. Paramps off: 10 db.
I.F.: 30 Mhz
I.F. Bandwidth: 4.8, 2.4, 1.6 or 0.6 Mhz
Transmitter: Power (pulse): 3.00 Megawatts, (average): 5.00 kilowatts
Duty cycle: 0.00167 max.
Pulse width: 0.25, 0.5, 1.0 or 2.4 microseconds
Pulse Rep. Freq.: 150 or 640 p.p.s. normal (range from 142 to 1707 p.p.s. available)
Frequency: 5.4 to 5.9 GHz. Variable in 243-KHz steps.
Power Amplifier: Three-cavity klystron, gain about 30 db.
Range System: Digital, split gate auto track.
Range: 600 yards to 32,768 nautical miles. unambiguous.
Rates: Slew rate 240,000 yards/second maximum.
Tracking rate: 20,000 yd/sec
Target acceleration: 600 yards/sec/sec.
Accuracy: Skin mode 5 yds Beacon mode 10 yards
Angle System: Rates: As for antenna
Accuracy: 0.1 mil (S/N greater than 20 db)
Scans: Rectangular, raster, circle or spiral.
Max scan ampl: 2.8 degrees
Major axis of rectangular or raster scans selectable
Direction of rotation of circle and spiral selectable.
Servo bandwidth: 5Hz.
Data Ouput: Range, Azimuth and Elevation at 0.1 second intervals.
To data recorder (magnetic tape 200 bits per inch) …
… and high speed modem (2400 bits per second).
Range, Azimuth and Elevation at 6 second intervals.
Low speed via teleprinter. (one line per 6 seconds)
Displays: 1 x 7 inch A scope.
1 x 5 inch A scope.
1 x 12 inch C scope.

'Block Diagram' with 'Brief System Details' below

Note the RCA computer at the heart of the system
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Note the RCA computer at the heart of the system
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