[Milsurplus] Radar

[J. Forster]

Mike,

With all due respect, acronyms are capitalized, and RADAR is an acronym,
just like LORAN, SONAR, NASA, USAAF, USN, USAF, NOTO, SEATO, NORAD, CIA,
NSA, DOD, LASER, MASER, LIDAR, ....

-John

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> On 5/28/2013 6:43 PM, WA5CAB at cs.com wrote:
>> The "D" is "Direction", not "Detection".  The former is far more useful
>> than the latter.
>
> Not originally, Robert.  The November 1940 CNO letter is quite specific,
> and it combined a number of separate project names that the NRL was
> running simultaneously, one of which was "Radio Detection".  No clue as
> to when it might have been later changed to "direction" - there is no
> such reference in the book.
>
> The NRL document uses both capitalized RADAR and small letter radar
> (such as radars), depending on context, so John, you need to talk with
> them about your views on proper usage.:-)
>
> Jack, I note that the NRL text records that the British continued to use
> the term RDF until 1943, "when "radar" [sic] was adopted by
> international agreement."  The British television shows are usually
> extremely well researched.
>
>       73,
>   - Mike
>
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