SCR-658 radar explained

Country:	USA
Type:	a radio- direction- finding device

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.

Surviving examples

There is one known survivor at the Air Force museum in Dayton Ohio.^[3]

See also

• Signal Corps Radio
• Radiosonde

References

• TM 11-1158
• TM 11-2409 mobile Meteorological station
• Air Defense Artillery Journal March–April 1949 https://web.archive.org/web/20120615073711/http://www.airdefenseartillery.com/online/2010/Antiaircraft%20Command%201946/Antiaircraft%20Journal/1949%20Screen/Mar-Apr%201949%20(Screen).pdf

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

Notes and References

1. Book: The Roswell report : fact versus fiction in the New Mexico desert.. 1995. DIANE Publishing. 978-1-4289-9492-8. 5–.
2. Book: Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society. 1958. American Meteorological Society. 402–.
3. Web site: National Museum of the USAF - Photos . www.nationalmuseum.af.mil . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20121011025702/http://www.nationalmuseum.af.mil/photos/index.asp?galleryID=4881 . 2012-10-11.