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.
 SCR-658 radar | |
| Country of origin | USA |
|---|---|
| Introduced | 1944 |
| Type | a radio- direction- finding device |
Surviving examples
editThere is one known survivor at the Air Force museum in Dayton Ohio.[3]
See also
editNotes
edit- ^ The Roswell report : fact versus fiction in the New Mexico desert. DIANE Publishing. 1995. pp. 5–. ISBN 978-1-4289-9492-8.
- ^ Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society. American Meteorological Society. 1958. pp. 402–.
- ^ "National Museum of the USAF - Photos". www.nationalmuseum.af.mil. Archived from the original on 11 October 2012.
References
edit- TM 11-1158
- TM 11-2409 mobile Meteorological station
- Air Defense Artillery Journal March–April 1949 [1]
External links
edit- http://www.photolib.noaa.gov/htmls/wea01200.htm
- https://web.archive.org/web/20100413132056/http://www.gordon.army.mil/ocos/museum/equipment.asp SCR and BC lists
- https://web.archive.org/web/20081121225613/http://6thweathermobile.org/1949_(part 1).htm excellent pics.
- http://www.srh.noaa.gov/ssd/tstm/html/tstorm.htm