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Neptun (radar)

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Only one single device built, replacing the 2kW transmitter with a 30kW transmitter. Range increased to up to 6.2 mi (10 km). This device was intended for the
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Transmitting and receiving antennas each consist of twin dipoles, mounted under and above the wings, respectively
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G/R version (combined night fighter and backward warning device for two-engined fighters)
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V/R version (combined night fighter and backward warning device for two-engined fighters)
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device to automatically measure the target distance and fire the guns at a set range.
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V/R (combined night fighter and backward warning device for two-engined fighters)
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The aircraft were used by NJGr 10 until March 1944, after which some machines of
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Antennas in the form of spikes or (Fw 190) as "antlers" on right and left wings
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radar had used or as an experimental fitment, the 90°-crossed twin-element set
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R3 and J3 with spike antennas and V/R with "antler" antennas.
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and used as active targeting devices in several types of
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Low-to-mid-VHF band airborne intercept radar devices WWII
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devices became available (for instance the FuG 240/E
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Index


Germany
World War II
aircraft
"backwards warning device"
SHF-band
cavity magnetron
FuG 240 Berlin
SN-2
Yagi

Fw 190 A-6/R11
Bf 109 G-6
6./JG 300
Oberpfaffenhofen
night fighters
Ju 88 G-6
Bf 110 G-4
He 219
Me 262
Siemens
Dornier Do 335
List of WW II Japanese airborne radar systems
"Focke Wulf 190 A6 R11 Nachtjäger"
the original
ISBN
3-87943-509-X
File:Neptun FuG 217.pdf
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