[Milsurplus] Radar

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The "D" is "Direction", not "Detection".  The former is far more useful 
than the latter.

Foyles War is one of my all-time favorite British series

Robert D.

In a message dated 5/28/2013 5:32:03 PM Central Daylight Time, 
w7ms20wpm at sbcglobal.net writes: 
> Radar was secretly developed by several nations before and during World 
> War II. The term RADAR was coined in 1940 by the United States Navy as an 
> acronym for RAdio Detection And Ranging
>  
> From Wikipedia
>  
> W7MS
> 
> 
> --- On Tue, 5/28/13, Jack Antonio <scr287 at att.net> wrote:
> 
> 
> From: Jack Antonio <scr287 at att.net>
> Subject: [Milsurplus] Radar
> To: "milsurplus" <milsurplus at mailman.qth.net>
> Date: Tuesday, May 28, 2013, 2:32 PM
> 
> 
> When did the term "radar" come into general usage?
> 
> I was just watching a TV series (Foyle's War) and
> an episode plot line revolved around a Chain Home
> station. The term RDF was mentioned, but was generally
> referred to during the episode as radar. The time frame
> of the episode was August 1940.
> 

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