Detail:
Avco Corporation built this height-finder radar that operated at a frequency of 5400 to 5900 MHz. This radar was deployed in the 1960s. This equipment operated on the C-band and was used in SAGE operations at a number of Pinetree Line radar stations.
Locations:
Alsask, SK |
44 Radar Squadron |
FPS-26 |
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Armstrong, ON |
38 AC&W Squadron |
FPS-26 |
1963-1974 |
Baldy Hughes, BC |
54 AC&W Squadron |
FPS-26 |
1964-1975 |
Barrington, NS |
23 AC&W Squadron |
FPS-26 |
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Beaverbank, NS |
22 AC&W Squadron |
FPS-26 |
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Dana, SK |
45 Radar Squadron |
FPS-26 |
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Gander, NF |
226 AC&W Squadron |
FPS-26 |
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Gypsumville, MB |
47 Radar Squadron |
FPS-26 |
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Lowther, ON |
639 AC&W Squadron |
FPS-26A |
1963- |
Moisie, QC |
211 AC&W Squadron |
FPS-26A |
1963- |
Pagwa, ON |
37 AC&W Squadron |
FPS-26 |
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Penhold, AB |
43 Radar Squadron |
FPS-26 |
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Puntzi Mountain, BC |
55 AC&W Squadron |
FPS-26 |
1963- |
Ramore, ON |
35 AC&W Squadron |
FPS-26 |
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Sioux Lookout, ON |
39 AC&W Squadron |
FPS-26A |
1963- |
Sydney, NS |
221 AC&W Squadron |
FPS-26 |
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Yorkton, SK |
46 Radar Squadron |
FPS-26 |
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Updated: February 23, 2002