- AN/FPS-35
Infobox_nrhp | name =AN/FPS-35 Radar Tower and Antenna
nrhp_type =
caption =This AN-FPS-35 Radar atCamp Hero State Park inMontauk, New York . The radar rises well above its surrounding trees.
nearest_city=Montauk, New York
lat_degrees = 41 | lat_minutes = 3 | lat_seconds = 44.81 | lat_direction = N
long_degrees = 71 | long_minutes = 52 | long_seconds = 28.24 | long_direction = W
area =
built =1960
architect=
added =June 04 ,2002 cite web|url=http://www.nr.nps.gov/|title=National Register Information System|date=2007-01-23|work=National Register of Historic Places|publisher=National Park Service]
governing_body = State
refnum=02000615The AN/FPS-35 radar was a long range radar used in the early 1960s.
Sperry Corporation built 12 long range radars (picking up objects 200 miles away) in the 1960s to succeed existingSemi Automatic Ground Environment (SAGE) to provide enhanced electronic countermeasures (ECM). The systems operated at 420 to 450 MHz. The antennas weighed 70 to 80 tons and had numerous problems. The concrete tower bases were 80 feet high.The prototype was developed at the Thomasville Aircraft Control and Warning Station in
Thomasville, Alabama .cite web|title="AN/FPS-35"|work="Radomes.org"|url=http://www.radomes.org/museum/equip/fps-35.html|accessdate=2008-01-08] All of the radars have been dismantled except for the one atCamp Hero on the eastern tip ofLong Island ,New York . Boaters onLong Island Sound lobbied to save it since the massive radar was a better landmark than theMontauk Point Lighthouse .The radar complex is now part of
Camp Hero State Park which adjoinsMontauk Point State Park . The radar has worked its way into anurban legend that it was used in time travel experiments called theMontauk Project .The structure was listed on the
National Register of Historic Places in 2002.cite web|url=http://www.oprhp.state.ny.us/hpimaging/hp_view.asp?GroupView=9069 |title=National Register of Historic Places Registration: AN/FPS-35 Radar Tower and Antennae |date=February, 2002 |accessdate=2008-07-28 |author=James Warren |publisher=New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation "Note:" This includes cite web|url=http://www.oprhp.state.ny.us/hpimaging/hp_view.asp?GroupView=9073 |title=Accompanying 11 photos, undated and cite web|url=http://www.oprhp.state.ny.us/hpimaging/hp_view.asp?GroupView=9068 |title=Accompanying nomination correspondence]References
External links
* [http://www.fas.org/nuke/guide/usa/airdef/an-fps-35.htm FAS.ORG list of radars]
* [http://www.radomes.org/museum/equip/fps-35.html Radomes.org Article on the Radar]
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