The SCR-658 radar is a radio direction finding set introduced by the U. S. Army 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 theodolite, causing difficulty with visual tracking in poor weather conditions. The set is small enough to be portable and carried in a Ben Hur trailer.
Surviving examples There is one known survivor at the Air Force museum in Dayton Ohio.
See also Signal Corps Radio Radiosonde
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References TM 11-1158 TM 11-2409 mobile Meteorological station Air Defense Artillery Journal March–April 1949
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
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