FPS-7

Search Radar

Detail:

In the mid 1950s, General Electric developed a radar with a search altitude of 100,000 feet and a range of 270 miles. This radar was significant in that it was the first stacked-beam radar to enter into production. Designed to operate in the L band between 1250 and 1350 MHz, the radar was deployed to Pinetree Line sites in the early 1960s. This radar equipment was used in SAGE operations.

Locations:

Alsask, SK

44 Radar Squadron

FPS-7C

 

Puntzi Mountain, BC

55 Radar Squadron

FPS-7C

1962-

Sioux Lookout, ON

39 Radar Squadron

FPS-7C

1962-1974

Yorkton, SK

46 Radar Squadron

FPS-7C

 

Photos:

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  1. AN/FPS-7C search radar antenna in Sioux Lookout, Ontario - 1983.
    Courtesy of Tom Page.

 

Updated: January 31, 2002