[Milsurplus] Radar

[Al Klase]

Mark,

I'm not sure about the klystron, but I don't think so.  The really big 
deal was the cavity magnetron that enabled useful 10 cm radar. That did 
come from the Brits.  Google Tizard mission.

Al

On 5/28/2013 7:10 PM, Mark Richards wrote:
> Is it true that the Klystron tube was provided by Britain to the US in 
> exchange for some Lend/Lease materiel?
>
>
> On 05/28/2013 19:00, Nick England wrote:
>> "RDF" was adopted for British Commonwealth use in 1935. It was 
>> replaced by "radar" in 1943. Reference "Britain's Shield" by David 
>> Zimmerman (which I am currently reading, otherwise I wouldnt have 
>> found the answer so quickly). So it depends on when the Foyle's War 
>> episode was set.
>>
>
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Al Klase - N3FRQ
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