MPS-14

Height Finder

Detail:

The AN/FPS-6 radar was introduced into service in the late 1950s and served as the principal height finder radar for a few decades thereafter. Built by General Electric, the S-band radar radiated at a frequency of 2,700 to 2,900 MHz. Between 1953 and 1960, 450 units of the AN/FPS-6 and the mobile AN/MPS-14 version were produced.

See the FPS-6 area for further details.

Locations:

Lowther, ON

639 AC&W Squadron

MPS-14

1958-1963

 

Photos:

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  1. Two AN/MPS-14 height finder radar systems in Metz France - 1956.
    Courtesy of National Archives of Canada.

  2. Two AN/MPS-14 height finder radar systems in Metz France - 1956.
    Courtesy of National Archives of Canada.

  3. AN/MPS-14 height finder radar under construction at Metz France - 1955.
    Courtesy of National Archives of Canada.

  4. AN/MPS-14 height finder radar antenna.
    Courtesy of Gene McManus.