[Milsurplus] New York Times mentions SCR 584

[mstangelo at comcast.net]

The author probably got his information abbout the SCR designation from Wikipedia:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SCR-584_radar

Mike N2MS


----- Original Message -----
From: J. Forster <jfor at quikus.com>
To: boeing377 at aol.com
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Sent: Sat, 01 Oct 2011 16:40:32 -0000 (UTC)
Subject: Re: [Milsurplus] New York Times mentions SCR 584

The Times is not what it used to be.

-John

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>
> Obituary of Lee Davenport in Sat Oct 1 issue. Mentions his key role in
> developing the SCR 584 anti aircraft (gun laying?) radar.
>
> As I recall SCR stands for Set Complete Radio. The usually careful NYT
> writes "SCR 584 (for Signal Corps Radio)". Who is right?
>
> 73
> Mark
> AF6IM
>