[Milsurplus] British First

[Kevin Kibbe]

Yes the British invented the first RADAR. The U.S. invented the magnetron
sure but since when is a magnetron a RADAR?

Kevin Kibbe, VA3SU
Raytheon Canada

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Ray Fantini" <RAFANTINI at salisbury.edu>
To: <milsurplus at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Thursday, July 22, 2004 5:12 PM
Subject: [Milsurplus] British First


> In respect to the claim that the British invented radar. This is simply
> not true. The book "History of Communications-Electrics in the United
> States Navy", 1963,  on pg. 447 claims, "British scientists took an
> American invention, the cavity magnetron, and improved it to where it
> was . . . ".