[Milsurplus] ARC-1 to ARC-4 QSO

[Jim Whartenby]

Greetings Pete
I have a book on "Reliability Factors for Ground Electronic Equipment" published in 1956.  It indicates that WW2 electronic equipment reliability was, lacking for a better word, terrible.

The whole reliability issue was not properly addressed until the early 1950s when electronic system complexity increased dramatically.  The "Ad Hock Group on Reliability of Electronic Equipment in the Research and Development Board", formed 7 December 1950, found by studying failure reports and replacement parts data, that:
Radio equipment was in trouble 14% of the time,
Radar equipment was in trouble 84% of the time,
Sonar equipment was in trouble 48% of the time.

The US experience pretty much mirrors that of the RAF, a TRE report on radar equipment is also mentioned.  Don't know about German electronic equipment.  I would think they were too busy rebuilding after the war to reflect on electronic equipment reliability.  Anyone know?
Regards,
Jim


--- On Wed, 9/24/08, Pete Williams <jupete at bigpond.net.au> wrote:
> G 'day  list...
> If such reliability /performance existed in  a real sit.one
> can only hope
> the carrier pigeons  were well fed and on standby.
> 
> Cheers
> Pete