SCR-658 radar

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.

SCR-658 radar
Country of origin	USA
Introduced	1944 (1944)
Type	a radio- direction- finding device

Surviving examples

There is one known survivor at the Air Force museum in Dayton Ohio.^[3]

See also

• Signal Corps Radio
• Radiosonde