Q6 Specifications

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==Block Diagram== ==Block Diagram==
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[[Image:Q6-block.jpg|left|thumbnail|700px|Note the RCA computer at the heart of the system]] [[Image:Q6-block.jpg|left|thumbnail|700px|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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Note the RCA computer at the heart of the system

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.
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