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2. Radome - Wikipedia

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   For radar dishes, a single, large, ball-shaped dome also protects the rotational mechanism and the sensitive electronics, and is heated in colder climates to prevent icing. The RAF Menwith Hill electronic surveillance base, which includes over 30 radomes, is widely believed to regularly intercept satellite communications.

3. List of radar types - Wikipedia

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   RAF Boeing E-3 Sentry AEW1 with rotating radar dome. The dome is 30 ft (10 m) across. The E-3 is accompanied by two Panavia Tornado F3. Early Warning (EW) Radar Radar Systems Ground Control Intercept (GCI) Radar; Airborne Early Warning (AEW) Airborne ground surveillance (AGS) Over-the-Horizon (OTH) Radar

4. Airport surveillance radar - Wikipedia

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   The secondary radar is a rotating flat antenna, often mounted on top of the primary radar dish, which transmits a narrow vertical fan-shaped microwave beam on a frequency of 1030 MHz in the L band with peak power of 160 - 1500 W. When it is interrogated by this signal, the aircraft's transponder beacon transmits a coded identifying microwave ...

5. Radar dome on Mount Ashland to close for repairs - AOL

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   May 14—The National Weather Service's distinctive white radar dome on the summit of Mount Ashland will be down for seven days next month for hardware upgrades, the Weather Service office in ...

6. Airborne early warning and control - Wikipedia

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   A Royal Air Force Boeing E-3 Sentry over North Yorkshire. An airborne early warning and control (AEW&C) system is an airborne radar early warning system designed to detect aircraft, ships, vehicles, missiles and other incoming projectiles at long ranges, as well as performing command and control of the battlespace in aerial engagements by informing and directing friendly fighter and attack ...

7. Boeing E-3 Sentry - Wikipedia

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   The E-3 has a distinctive rotating radar dome (rotodome) above the fuselage. Production ended in 1992 after 68 aircraft had been built. Production ended in 1992 after 68 aircraft had been built. In the mid-1960s, the U.S. Air Force (USAF) was seeking an aircraft to replace its piston-engined Lockheed EC-121 Warning Star , which had been in ...