[Milsurplus] Radar

[J. Forster]

I really, really wish you guys would call it RADAR, not Radar or radar!

Also LORAN not Loran, and LASER not Laser, MASER not Maser, ...

YMMV,

-John

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> 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.
>
> I was thinking the term came into usage a bit later.
>
> I wouldn't be surprised if historical accuracy was
> sacrificed to make the show a bit more understandable,
> but am wondering if in fact it was or was not accurate.
>
> Jack Antonio WA7DIA/4
>
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