SCR-658 radar

SCR-658 radar
Country of originUSA
Introduced1944 (1944)
Typea radio- direction- finding device

The SCR-658 radar is a radio direction finding set [1] introduced by the U. S. Army in 1944,[2] was developed in conjunction with the SCR-268 radar. It was preceded by the SCR-258. Its primary purpose was to track weather balloons. Prior to this it was only possible to track weather balloons with a theodolite, causing difficulty with visual tracking in poor weather conditions. The set is small enough to be portable and carried in a Ben Hur trailer.

Surviving examples

There is one known survivor at the Air Force museum in Dayton Ohio.[3]

See also

Notes

  1. ^ The Roswell report : fact versus fiction in the New Mexico desert. DIANE Publishing. 1995. pp. 5–. ISBN 978-1-4289-9492-8.
  2. ^ Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society. American Meteorological Society. 1958. pp. 402–.
  3. ^ "National Museum of the USAF - Photos". www.nationalmuseum.af.mil. Archived from the original on 11 October 2012.

References

  • TM 11-1158
  • TM 11-2409 mobile Meteorological station
  • Air Defense Artillery Journal March–April 1949 [1]