The DOW 6, a iconic radar truck, is a modified International Workstar 7500. It is equipped with a 250 kW Transmitter, high-gain antennas with 0.9-degree beam widths, 50 degrees per second scans, 7s 360-sweeps, and 4-5 s sectors. In addition, the DOW 6 can deploy 2 PODs, show windspeeds at different altitudes, and deploy up to 5 GRAW Radiosondes.

The DOW Network is among one of the widely used radar facilities, brought into 30 or more field campaigns since Vortex 1, requested for several field projects, and used as educational resources.

RaXPol

The DOW 5, known for its use in Vortex 2, is the predecessor of the DOW 8, capable of fast scans similar to the RaXPol, this is one of our early historical assets.