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transportable air search 3D radar
AN/TPS-43 is a transportable air search 3D radar originating in United States. It was built by Westinghouse Electric Corporation.
is a transportable air search 3D radar
produced in the United States
originally by Westinghouse Electric Corporation
used primarily for early warning and tactical control
entered US service in 1968
Weight (including shelter): < 3,400 kg (7,500 lb)
Frequency range: 2.9 to 3.1 GHz (S-Band)
Pulse repetition frequency : Fixed: 250 Hz, Staggered: Six PRF's around 250 Hz
Pulse width: 6.5 microseconds
Peak power: 4.0 MW
Average power: 6.7 KW
Beam width (horizontal): 1.1 degrees
Beam width (vertical): 1.5 to 8.1 degrees; total 20 degree coverage; six stacked beams
Antenna rotation rate: 6 rpm
Maximum range 240 NM (444.48 km)
Maximum display range: 450 km
Reflector aperture 14 ft (4.27 m) high
high by 20 ft 4 in (6.20 m) wide
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AN/TPS-43 equipment records. Variants, orders and quantities are shown as reported in each inventory source; coverage is incomplete.
Reported count for AN/TPS-43 · TPS-43M. Service scope: Spanish Air and Space Force; does not replace a national total. 1 distinct count cell(s) from the same source list; shared rowspan cells counted once. Retired, wholly reserve and on-order rows are excluded; the reported count retains any explicitly mixed stock scope in the quoted row. Count column(s): quantity: 1. Origin: United States. The listed variants/roles are the scope, not an immediately deployable count. The components do not establish one inventory census date; the stored date is the retrieved source snapshot.