▁and ▁a ▁long ▁term ▁stability ▁of ▁ 5 ▁parts ▁in ▁ 1 0 ▁to ▁the ▁t enth ▁per ▁day . ▁ ▁Data ▁recording ▁ ▁The ▁Video ▁Integr ator ▁accepted ▁the ▁rad ar ▁video ▁signal ▁returns ▁from ▁a ▁p uls ed , ▁range - g ated ▁rad ar ▁system ▁( AN / FP Q - 4 ) ▁and ▁improved ▁the ▁signal - to - no ise ▁ratio ▁of ▁the ▁rad ar ▁video , ▁thereby ▁extending ▁the ▁ac quisition ▁range ▁of ▁the ▁rad ar ▁system . ▁The ▁video ▁is ▁continu ously ▁integrated ▁and ▁the ▁output ▁is ▁in ▁real time . ▁ ▁In ▁order ▁to ▁util ize ▁fully ▁the ▁data ▁gather ing ▁capabilities ▁of ▁the ▁D AMP ▁ship , ▁it ▁was ▁necessary ▁that ▁the ▁data ▁gathered ▁be ▁stored ▁in ▁a ▁form ▁which ▁permitted ▁easy ▁retr ieval ▁at ▁the ▁data ▁analysis ▁facility . ▁Therefore , ▁all ▁data ▁obtained ▁at ▁the ▁D AMP ▁ship ▁was ▁stored ▁only ▁on ▁cert ified ▁and ▁designated ▁C EC ▁digital ▁record ers , ▁Am pe x ▁record ers , ▁a ▁San born ▁rec order , ▁an ▁R CA ▁video ▁rec order ▁and ▁a ▁Min com ▁rec order . ▁Tim ing ▁was ▁provided ▁by ▁two ▁Herm es ▁Hy con ▁Eastern ▁timing ▁gener ators , ▁one ▁primary ▁and ▁one ▁back - up . ▁Tim ing ▁signal ▁outputs ▁were ▁ 2 4 - bit ▁pul se ▁absence ▁code , ▁ 1 7 - bit ▁pul se ▁absence ▁code , ▁and ▁ 1 3 - bit ▁pul se ▁width ▁code . ▁Both ▁gener ators ▁were ▁synchron ized