title: Type 293 radar
text: # Type 293 radar
  
  The Type 293 radar was designed as a short-range aerial-search radar for surface ships in 1945. It used the same transmitter as the Type 277 surface-search radar, but used a new antenna design intended to cover the area above the ship to provide air warning instead of surface search. The stabilised "cheese" antenna, 6 feet (1.8 m) diameter in the AUR antenna, was upgraded to 8 feet (2.4 m) in Type 293P and to 12 feet (3.7 m) in the postwar Type 293Q.
  
  ## Specifications
  
  | Type | Aerial outfit | Peak power (kW) | Frequency (MHz) | Wavelength (mm) | In service |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 293M | AUR | 500 | 2,997 | 100 | 1945 |
  | 293P | AQR | 500 | 2,997 | 100 | 1945 |
  | 293Q | ANS | 500 | 2,997 | 100 | 1945 |
  