Detail:
This Bendix-built radar was an AN/FPS-3 search radar with an AN/GPA-27 installed. The modification of the AN/FPS-3C with the AN/GPA-27A resulted in the AN/FPS-20A. Designed to operate in the L band frequencies of 1250 to 1350 MHz, this radar had a range of over 200 miles. By the late 1950s this radar dominated the Pinetree Line radar defence net. Deployment continued into the early 1960s. The FPS-20 was the first search radar system to be used with SAGE operations in Canada.
Locations:
Baldy Hughes, BC |
918 AC&W Squadron |
FPS-20A |
1959-1964 |
Beausejour, MB |
48 Radar Squadron |
FPS-20 |
|
Beaverlodge, AB |
57 Radar Squadron |
FPS-20A |
1959- |
Cartwright, Labrador |
922 AC&W Squadron |
FPS-20A |
1959-1964 |
Chibougamau, QC |
10 Radar Squadron |
FPS-20 |
|
Cold Lake, AB |
42 Radar Squadron |
FPS-20 |
|
Edgar, ON |
31 Radar Squadron |
FPS-20A |
|
Falconbridge, ON |
33 Radar Squadron |
FPS-20 |
|
Foymount, ON |
32 Radar Squadron |
FPS-20 |
1960-1960 |
Frobisher Bay, NWT |
926 AC&W Squadron |
FPS-20A |
1959-1961 |
Gander, NF |
226 Radar Squadron |
FPS-20A |
1959-1965 |
Goose Bay, Labrador |
641 AC&W Squadron |
FPS-20A |
1960-1965 |
Hopedale, Labrador |
923 AC&W Squadron |
FPS-20 |
|
Kamloops, BC |
56 Radar Squadron |
FPS-20 |
1962- |
Lac St. Denis, QC |
11 Radar Squadron |
FPS-20A |
1959-1960 |
Mont Apica, QC |
12 Radar Squadron |
FPS-20 |
1960-1960 |
Moosonee, ON |
15 Radar Squadron |
FPS-20 |
|
Pagwa, ON |
913 AC&W Squadron |
FPS-20A |
1958 |
Parent, QC |
14 AC&W Squadron |
FPS-20 |
|
Saglek, Labrador |
924 AC&W Squadron |
FPS-20A |
1959-1965 |
Senneterre, QC |
34 Radar Squadron |
FPS-20A |
1960- |
Sioux Lookout |
915 AC&W Squadron |
FPS-20A |
1959-1962 |
St. Anthony, NF |
921 AC&W Squadron |
FPS-20A |
1964-1966 |
St. Sylvestre, QC |
13 Radar Squadron |
FPS-20 |
|
Stephenville, NF |
640 AC&W Squadron |
FPS-20A |
1960-1965 |
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Updated: February 3, 2005