View source for Component:r550-early-warning-radar

=== In Game Description ===
Long-wave early warning radars provide tremendous range but terrible accuracy, and have fallen out of use by the Alliance over a century ago. These radars can provide continuous dwell on an area of space, and while they can't provide a track worth firing on<ref>no matter how much you buff it</ref>, they enable Protectorate fleets to maneuver with purpose and pick engagements they can win. Be warned that due to its design this radar has enormous side- and back-lobes and can be detected from ELINT at great range. 

The R550 does not provide continuous scan like a search radar, and must be manually directed at an area to search.

=== Stats ===
{| class="wikitable"
! R550 Early Warning Radar
! 
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| Cost || 40 pts
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| Dimensions || 2x2
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| Hitpoints || 150
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| Hitpoints to Function || 10
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| Damage Threshold|| 15
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| Mass || 10 tonnes
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| DC Priority || Medium
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| FOV || 45 deg.
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| Traverse Rate || 10 deg/s
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| Elevation Rate || 6 deg/s
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| Elevation Limits || +85 deg., -5 deg.
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| Power || <span style="color:red;">'''-4000'''</span> (kW)
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| Max Range || 18 km
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| Detected by ELINT || 22.5 km
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| Signature Type || <span style="color:green;">'''RADAR'''</span>
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| radiated Power || 3500 kW
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| Gain || 50 dB
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| Aperture Size || 250 (m<math>^2</math>)
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| Overall Effective Output || 2187.5 GW
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| Sensitivity || -36 dBm
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| Noise Filtering || 0 dB
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| Positional Error || 150 m
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| Velocity Error || 10 m/s
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| Track Quality || TQ2
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| Can Lock || <span style="color:red;">'''No'''</span>
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| Jamming LOBs || <span style="color:red;">'''No'''</span>
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| Can Burn Through || <span style="color:red;">'''No'''</span>
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| Allows Identification || <span style="color:green;">'''Yes'''</span>
|}

{| class="wikitable"
! Detection Range by Radar Signature
! Detection Range (km)
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| Detection of 1000 m<math>^2</math> Signature || 8.62 km
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| Detection of 2000 m<math>^2</math> Signature || 10.25 km
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| Detection of 3000 m<math>^2</math> Signature || 11.34 km
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| Detection of 5000 m<math>^2</math> Signature || 12.89 km
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| Detection of 7000 m<math>^2</math> Signature || 14.02 km
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| Detection of 9000 m<math>^2</math> Signature || 14.93 km
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| Detection of 12000 m<math>^2</math> Signature || 16.04 km
|}

== External Links ==
* [https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1O_mt6tBeqcxT7Cev86FiRHMAyLMbpVUZki_svteVXBk NotSoLoneWolf's Radar Calculator V8.3] - can simulate radar and comms jamming across a wide variety of parameters