[Milsurplus] B-24 Aircraft antennae - what System?

[ersmar at comcast.net]

Gents:





> There was some discussion on here a long time ago about the Yagi-Uda 
> antenna not being used by the country of invention, and the first 
> documented use in WW2 was on the A-bomb casing.  Here is disproof of 
> that first use idea.  Or did I remember incorrectly?  

I believe I had posted something about Y/U's being used - IRONICALLY - in the altimeter/firing circuit of the Little Boy A-bomb.  (That antennas was also a half-Yagi with a folded DE, using the bomb casing as the image plane. http://www.answers.com/topic/little-boy  )  I also posted that the Japanese's only deployed use for Y/Us was in two Pt-to-Pt VHF circuits between the Japanese mainland and a couple of islands during the pre-War years.  (See A Secret Story About the Yagi Antenna, written by Prof Gentei Sato of Sophia University, Tokyo, IEEE's Antennas and Propagation Magazine, June, 1991.)  



The German A/C 
> radar sure used a lot of three element Yagis, judging from the 
> unexpurged photos, which were difficult to find for a long time after 
> the conflict.  Another question for the ages: Why so long?
> 
> Happy turkey day,
> George
> W5VPQ
> 

73 es HTG de
Gene Smar  AD3F