Pvc housing; 12.0 in. Length, 4.500 in. Dia.; nicad battery pack, 12 hours per 12 hour change; depth rating 600 ft.
An item designed to be deployed from a ship for testing the accuracy of shipboard or airborne sonar systems. When depolyed in the water it hangs from a flotation device (buoy) which is equipped with a radar reflector. When interrogared by a pulse transmitted from a shipboard or airborne sonar, the transponder replies with an acoustic signal. Simultaneous range and azimuth measurements made by precision fire control radar aboard the interrogating platform provide accurate references for comparison with measurements taken from the interrogating sonar system.
Classification: Parts & accessories for direction finding compasses and other navigational instruments and appliances
NSN 6320-00-553-8427
NSN 6135-01-195-5343
NSN 5945-01-481-1584
NSN 6645-00-019-0554
NSN 5945-00-100-5901
NSN 5996-00-382-7725
NSN 5930-01-351-9475
NSN 5998-01-166-2346
NSN 6145-01-167-4381
NSN 5930-01-437-9787
NSN 5965-01-426-1278
NSN 6685-01-057-5619