VERLORT Radar
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| The Verlort radar performed reliably for the six Mercury orbital missions. It was then relocated to the new Gemini tracking station at Carnarvon as an acquisition aid and back-up for the even more accurate FPQ-6 radar installed there. | The Verlort radar performed reliably for the six Mercury orbital missions. It was then relocated to the new Gemini tracking station at Carnarvon as an acquisition aid and back-up for the even more accurate FPQ-6 radar installed there. | ||
| - | Although the Verlort was kept operational for the first few Carnarvon missions it was soon removed from the operational list because the FPQ-6 provedvery reliable and other acquisition methods were sufficient. | + | Although the Verlort was kept operational for the first few Carnarvon missions it was soon removed from the operational list because the FPQ-6 proved very reliable and other acquisition methods were entirely sufficient. |
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| The SCR family of radars, developed at the MIT laboratories, was remarkable for the innovative solutions to radar operations now met in modern radars using electronic methods. | The SCR family of radars, developed at the MIT laboratories, was remarkable for the innovative solutions to radar operations now met in modern radars using electronic methods. | ||
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| <BR> [[Image:Conical beam.jpg|left|thumbnail|250px|A conical scan beam: ''Image – ‘Electronics’; Fig 1, Nov ’45, p.104'']] | <BR> [[Image:Conical beam.jpg|left|thumbnail|250px|A conical scan beam: ''Image – ‘Electronics’; Fig 1, Nov ’45, p.104'']] | ||
| - | [[Image:offset dipole.jpg|right|thumbnail|250px|Moblas-5 site: ''Image – ‘Electronics’; Fig 5, Dec ’45, p.107'']] | + | [[Image:offset dipole.jpg|right|thumbnail|300px|Nutating antenna dipole feed: ''Image – ‘Electronics’; Fig 5, Dec ’45, p.107'']] |
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| For a detailed technical description of the SCR-584 radar published in the November & December 1945 issues of ‘Electronics’ magazine refer to http://www.hamhud.net/darts/scr584.html. | For a detailed technical description of the SCR-584 radar published in the November & December 1945 issues of ‘Electronics’ magazine refer to http://www.hamhud.net/darts/scr584.html. | ||
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SCR-584 Technical Details
SCR-584 Operator Instructions
Back to Muchea
Back to Carnarvon
Photo - ???
The VERy LOng Range Tracking (VERLORT) radar was an extended-range version of the SCR-584which was often credited as "the radar that won WW II". The Verlort range was increased from 650 Km to 4000 Km and the dish diameter from 1.8 m to 3 m to give the radar space tracking capabilities. The Red Lake (Woomera) Mercury tracking station used the more accurate AN/FPS-16 radar previously installed at Woomera for otherspace activities.
Photo - Alan Gilham
The Verlort radar performed reliably for the six Mercury orbital missions. It was then relocated to the new Gemini tracking station at Carnarvon as an acquisition aid and back-up for the even more accurate FPQ-6 radar installed there.
Although the Verlort was kept operational for the first few Carnarvon missions it was soon removed from the operational list because the FPQ-6 proved very reliable and other acquisition methods were entirely sufficient.
The SCR family of radars, developed at the MIT laboratories, was remarkable for the innovative solutions to radar operations now met in modern radars using electronic methods.
The VERLORT Plan Position Indicator (PPI)
For a detailed technical description of the SCR-584 radar published in the November & December 1945 issues of ‘Electronics’ magazine refer to http://www.hamhud.net/darts/scr584.html.
