As someone who worked with radar for almost 44 years (and still gives talks on the topic) I love old footage like this as it highlights how important the technology was and still is!
My dad was among the 1st radar men trained for WW2 on board the USS Makin Island..I'm lucky to be here because he was sterile for 9 years due to the radiation..Radar was the turning point that allowed victory in that war.
Correction to video: The CRT (Cathode Ray Tube) WAS *NOT* the magic piece of the radar, actually you could build a ranging/proximity system without a CRT display by converting the differential radio signals in to audio tones (navigate by hearing frequency shifts). The TRUE and MAGIC piece of the radar would be the *vacuum tube* - to be more technical the triode or a magnetron (both widely used in the initial radars)
Correct..My dad was a radar or sonar trained navy man duing WW2 & his job was to listen to the different pings produced by different enemy aircraft or ships & submarines.
British Pathé is my favorite part of RUclips. Thank you for bringing us these amazing parts of history.
This is a fascinating film and not too technical, but enough to understand the principals involved. Pity it hasn't had more views.
As someone who worked with radar for almost 44 years (and still gives talks on the topic) I love old footage like this as it highlights how important the technology was and still is!
My dad was among the 1st radar men trained for WW2 on board the USS Makin Island..I'm lucky to be here because he was sterile for 9 years due to the radiation..Radar was the turning point that allowed victory in that war.
Correction to video: The CRT (Cathode Ray Tube) WAS *NOT* the magic piece of the radar, actually you could build a ranging/proximity system without a CRT display by converting the differential radio signals in to audio tones (navigate by hearing frequency shifts). The TRUE and MAGIC piece of the radar would be the *vacuum tube* - to be more technical the triode or a magnetron (both widely used in the initial radars)
Correct..My dad was a radar or sonar trained navy man duing WW2 & his job was to listen to the different pings produced by different enemy aircraft or ships & submarines.
Just shows, in those days, just like today, news reporters usually don't know what they're talking about!
Nice, i like this Information
Very useful invention 👍
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How so?
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that's cheating, not fair :(