Radar introduced by U.S. army in 1944 to track weather balloons
SCR-658 radar
Country of origin
USA
Introduced
1944 (1944)
Type
a radio- direction- finding device
The SCR-658 radar is a radio direction finding set [1] introduced by the U. S. Army in 1944,[2] 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.[3]