[Milsurplus] interesting Radar history web site

[J. Forster]

What about the Green Books?

-John

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> You make a good point.  So far as I know, a detailed, comprehensive
> technical history of the development of military radio communications
> equipment has never been written.  The more glamorous topic of radar
> development deserves all the historical attention it has gotten.  But
> the U.S. Army's use of wideband FM tactical radio sets during WWII also
> provided a great and apparently forgotten advantage over the enemy.
> The role these unique, state of the art radios played in winning the
> Battle of the Bulge, for example, is a fascinating story in its own right.
>
> 73,
>
> John K9WT
>
> David Stinson wrote:
>> If you've ever seen the end of the movie, "The Right Stuff,"
>> I feel kinda like Gen. Yager;  all the wonderful advances in
>> aircraft in the 60s got no notice,
>> because the astronauts got all the press.
>> Same with the advances of WWII communications and radio.
>> You can find a library-full of reference books
>>  gushing about radar, but they barely give radio a nod.....
>> Ah well......
>>
>>
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