| Country of origin | United Kingdom |
|---|---|
| Introduced | 1940 |
| Type | Early-warning radar |
| Frequency | 43 MHz |
| PRF | 50 per second |
| Pulsewidth | 7–30 μs |
| Range | 50 nautical miles (93 km; 58 mi) |
| Power | 70 kW |
The Type 279 radar was a British naval early-warning radar developed during World War II from the Type 79[1] metric early-warning set. It initially had separate transmitting and receiving antennas that were later combined in the Type 279M to single-antenna operation. This set also had a secondary surface-search mode with surface and aerial gunnery capability and used a Precision Ranging Panel, which passed accurate radar ranges directly to the HACS table (analog computer).[2][3]
- ^ Friedman, p. 190
- ^ Howse, Radar at Sea: The Royal Navy in World War II
- ^ "RADAR IN THE RN AT THE END OF WW2" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2015-09-24. Retrieved 2013-01-28.