[Milsurplus] Radar

[Mike Hanz]

Don't shoot the messenger... :-)

On 5/28/2013 7:31 PM, J. Forster wrote:
> Mike,
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> 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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