• Source: SCR-658 radar

The SCR-658 radar is a radio direction finding set introduced by the U. S. Army in 1944, 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.




See also


Signal Corps Radio
Radiosonde




Notes






References


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




External links


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%201).htm excellent pics.
http://www.srh.noaa.gov/ssd/tstm/html/tstorm.htm

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