[Milsurplus] Radar

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yes John!  You are CORRECT!
 
 
In a message dated 5/28/2013 3:51:04 P.M. US Mountain Standard Time,  
jfor at quikus.com writes:

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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