Type 1022 radar

The Type 1022 was an L-Band, long range, surveillance radar used by the Royal Navy.

[1] Following successful implementation in newly built warships it was then adopted in further units during refit; these include: Early (Sheffield Class) Type 42 destroyer, Type 82 destroyer.

During the Falklands War many ships were fitted with the older Type 965 and 992Q radar systems.

The Type 1022 radar is described as having a "much improved performance"[5] compared with the Type 965, "particularly in picking out targets against a background of clutter and interference produced by unwanted returns or enemy jamming.

"[5] Beam Width: 2.3° Range: 225 nm (~259 miles) Rotations speed: 6-8 RPM Band/Wavelength: 1–2 GHz (Civil L-Band, Military D-Band)