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Weather Watch and Windfinding Radars
in the Sydney area

In the following tabulation:
WF= Wind Finding only
WW= Weather Watch only
DU= Dual Role WF and WW
YEAR= Year of Installation
RF= Radio Frequency: S, C or X band
PW= Pulse Duration (microseconds)
PRF= Pulse Repetition Frequency (Hz)
LOCATION LAT(S) LON(E) RADAR TYPE ROLE YEAR RF PW (uS) PRF (Hz)
Kurnell 34.02 151.23 WSR81C-12 WW 1999 C 0.9/2.0 variable
Letterbox 34.26 150.87 WSR74S-14 WW 1992 S 2.0 250
Sydney A/P 33.93 151.17 WF100-X WF 1997 X 0.25/1.0 300

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Last updated: 2nd May, 2001

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