Watching the Skies: A History of Ground Radar for the Air Defence of the United Kingdom by the Royal Air Force from 1946 to 1975H.M. Stationery Office, 1993 - 328 Seiten This book surveys the development of radar over a period of 30 years, illustrating the changing relationships between scientists and military personnel. Most of the information was derived from the quarterly or half-yearly progress reports issued by Telecommunications Research Establishment, Radar Research & Development Establishment (then for one year only, Royal Radar Development Establishment) and the Royal Radar Establishment. Appropriate files from the offices of the Air Staff were also used. |
Inhalt
The PreWar and Wartime Years | 1 |
The Radar Chain during the Battle of Britain | 25 |
The Air Defence Control and Reporting System | 29 |
Urheberrecht | |
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Häufige Begriffe und Wortgruppen
aerial air defence system Air Ministry air traffic control aircraft airfields airways AMES Type Bawburgh Bawdsey beam Bishops Court BLUE YEOMAN bomber Boulmer carcinotron cathode ray tube centimetric CHEL civil ATC civil aviation clutter Committee complete Control Centre control radar control system data handling system early warning echoes electronic established experimental facilities Fighter Command frequency GCI stations ground radar Group height height-finding IFF Mk improved installed interception jammer jamming klystron LINESMAN LINESMAN/MEDIATOR miles military missile NADGE Neatishead operations room ORANGE YEOMAN organisation passive detection system PLAN AHEAD plot problems produce proposed pulse radar data handling radar stations radio receiver RRDE S-band SAGW scanning secondary radar sector signals Stage Staxton Wold tactical control target technical transmitter Type 14 Type 80 radar UKADGE vertical West Drayton YEOMAN radar