The HIGH POWER AQUISITION RADAR (HIPAR)
THE MOBILE & STATIONARY ANTENNA
1. The stationary HIPAR system.			2. HIPAR antenna & building. (2./26 Rodenkirchen)
	3.	4. The mobile HIPAR system at the "Raketenschule der Luftwaffe", Fort Bliss (El Paso) Texas.
5. The OMNI directional antenna.			6. One of two auxilliary antennas.
7. Antenna FAN configuration (higher elevation coverage).			8.
9. Semitrailer level jacks & gears.			10.
	11. Mobile antenna gears.	12. The level box at the top of the antenna pedestal.
13. Azimuth drive motor.			14. View towards the liquid cooler.
	15. Feed horn assembly.	15a. Antenna Control Box.
THE TRANSMITTER VAN
16. Waveguides & dummy load inside the transmitter van.			17. The duplexer & cooler.
	18. Duplexer. 18 quarz tube were used to shift the radio frequncy by 90 degree.	19. The harmonic filter at the left hand side.
20. Air flow control indicator.			21. Old type hydrogen thyratron
	22. The klystron amplifier. Power output 10.4 MW nominal.	22a. Klystron, pumping unit (glycol), harmonic filter and  high voltage pulse generator.
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THE POWER CONTROL VAN
23. The Power Control Indicator (PCI) .			24.
	25. Inside the PCI.	26. Controls & Indicator.
27. Controls & Indicator of the waveguide pressurizer & dehumidifier.			28. An old high voltage diode used in the high voltage power supply.
THE RECEIVER VAN
29. The old parametric amplifier. (MAVAR = Microwave Amplification by VAriable Reactanc)			30. Power supplies inside the receiver cabinet.
	31. Controls & Indicator at the rcvr cabinet door.	32. Electronic components inside the rcvr cabinet.
33. The modified solid state rcvr.			34.
34a. Receiver cabinet & monitor PPI.
THE MOVING TARGET INDICATOR (MTI) CABINET
35. Automatic frequency control circuits.			36. Rcvr test circuits.
	37.  MTI delay line.	38.  ACET = Automatic Cancellation of Extended Targets.
39. AJAC = Automatic Jamming Avoidance Circuitry.			40. Sunset
	41. HIPAR course Spring 1971. Click on the thumb for a larger view.
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