Phalcon 2000 Installation Guide
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Ref: HB-09300/01 Issue 1
Summary
A RAdar beaCON (RACON) – Phalcon 2000 – is a radar transponder that is triggered by signals
transmitted by a marine radar, in either X or S frequency bands (3 cm or 10 cm wavelengths). It
responds to this interrogation by transmitting a coded signal that is shown as a definable ‘paint’ on
the interrogating radar display. The length of this code is scaled to the length of the received pulse,
so the paint length on the radar screen remains similar for different range scales.
The Phalcon 2000 (Figure 1) can be mounted on lighthouses, buoys, bridges, offshore platforms,
breakwaters and other structures that need to be identified as an aid to navigation.
This handbook covers Installation and Commissioning of the Phalcon 2000. Operation and
Maintenance are covered in a companion manual -
Phalcon 2000 Handbook
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