[Milsurplus] British First

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Speaking of klystrons, one of the Varian brothers, I forget who, said
that: "We fought WW2 with the wrong tube!"

On Thu, 22 Jul 2004 22:17:19 -0400 (EDT) William Donzelli
<aw288 at osfn.org> writes:
> 
> It should be mentioned that the klystron almost always gets dismissed
when
> people talk about the importance of the magnetron to radar. This is
really
> a shame. The truth is that the klystron was just as important as the
> magnetron - without it the magnetron would have made only a small 
> mark on radar development.