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RCAF Tech
We had two FPN-36 radars operating at Canadian Forces Base Shearwater (across the harbour from Halifax, NS) as recently as 2008. I'm pretty sure they were replaced with something more modern since then, but I've been out of the military since 2011 and now work for National Defence as a civilian electronics technologist for the Royal Canadian Navy. I will check the dark corners of my basement; I'm pretty sure I still have my set of fold-out schematic drawings and student guide for the Quad from when I took the maintenance course in Trenton in the mid 1990's.
It was a tough old piece of kit, more washing machine than radar...
i took my training on the CPN4/MPN11 in Clinton Ontario in 1965 but worked mainly on the Quad Radar. We had a mobile airfield in Trenton Ontario with Two Quad Radars, a mobile Tower with radio techs, a mobile TACAN, mobile lighting for a 10000 ft runway and diesel generators to run everything. Lots of fun loading everything on Hercules Aircraft for deployment. Did that from 73 to 77. Retired in 86. Oh what a life.