The SCR-658 radar is a

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set introduced by the

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in 1944, was developed in conjunction with the SCR-268 radar. It was preceded by the SCR-258. Its primary purpose was to track weather balloons. Prior to this it was only possible to track weather balloons with a

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, causing difficulty with visual tracking in poor

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conditions. The set is small enough to be portable and carried in a

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Surviving examples

There is one known survivor at the Air Force museum in

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References

* TM 11-1158 * TM 11-2409 mobile Meteorological station * Air Defense Artillery Journal March–April 194

External links

* http://www.photolib.noaa.gov/htmls/wea01200.htm * https://web.archive.org/web/20100413132056/http://www.gordon.army.mil/ocos/museum/equipment.asp SCR and BC lists * https://web.archive.org/web/20081121225613/http://6thweathermobile.org/1949_(part%201).htm excellent pics. * http://www.srh.noaa.gov/ssd/tstm/html/tstorm.htm {{DEFAULTSORT:SCR-658 Meteorological instrumentation and equipment Weather radars Military radars of the United States World War II radars World War II American electronics Military equipment introduced from 1940 to 1944 de:Radiosonde es:Radiosonda nl:Radiosonde ja:ラジオゾンデ no:Radiosonde nn:Radiosonde pl:Radiosonda pt:Radiossonda fi:Radioluotaus sv:Radiosond zh:无线电探空仪

Surviving examples

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