San Pedro Hill Air Force Radar Station (Rancho Palos Verdes, California)

USA / California / Rancho Palos Verdes / Rancho Palos Verdes, California
 military, radar station, military radar
San Pedro Hill, the highest elevation on the Palos Verdes Peninsula.

San Pedro Hill AFS, CA:
The radars included one FAA ARSR-1 search radar; one Air Force AN/FPS-27 search radar; two Army AN/FPS-6 height-finder radars; and two Air Force AN/FPS-6, -6B height-finder radars.
The Air Force AN/FPS-6 (-6A) was subsequently replaced by an AN/FPS-26A height-finder radar, and the AN/FPS-6B was later modified to the AN/FPS-90 variant.
The 670th Radar Squadron (SAGE) was relocated from San Clemente Island AFS, CA (P-39) to man the joint-use radar site at San Pedro Hill AFS.
Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_radars#Military
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Coordinates:   33°44'46"N   118°20'11"W

Comments

  • During my teenage years (69-70) I used to deliver the Los Angeles Time to a person that lived just outside of the main gate to this base. I hate to admit it now but I was a terrible paper delivery person. That house was 2.5 miles up that road from all my other deliveries. Which meant 5 miles round trip just to deliver one paper. I think the guy/gal just accepted that sometimes he/she would get a paper and sometimes not. If it had rained that night I would throw the paper in a puddle in hopes they would quit taking the paper. They never did.
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