[Milsurplus] Re: WW2 electronics reliability (was ARC-1 to '4...)

[Marty Reynolds]

Yo Jim... u wrote

>
> 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.
>

GREAT data

Mirrors saying that the road fm Normandy was paved w. BC-611s



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