He is the author of The History of the Barometer, The Experimenters: A Study of the Accademia del Cimento, and Physics at the National Research Council of Canada, 1929-1952 (WLUPress, 1979). [...] It was made possible by a uniquely informal organization that operated with the minimum of red tape and enlisted the abilities of some of the most brilliant physicists in the kingdom, one of whom turned out to have the persuasiveness required to convince those in power that the de- velopment should be supported to the limit. [...] A magnetic field is applied parallel to the axes of the resonators, and at a critical field-strength the electrons spiral out from the cathode, passing the slots at grazing incidence and covering the distance between two successive slots in half the period of oscillation. [...] F. is designed to fulfill the following functions with respect to the defence of Great Britain:- (a) Detection and determination of altitude and direction of approach of raiding aircraft or formations, with a view to interception of the raiders, warning to the ground defences and air raid warning to the civil population. [...] In June, shortly after the evacuation of Dunkirk, a group of Canadian businessmen, deeply shocked by the events in Europe and scarcely less so by the inaction of the Government, made several hundred thousand dollars available to help the prosecution of the war, and with no other restrictions.
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Table of Contents
- Contents 8
- List of Illustrations 10
- Preface 12
- Chapter 1. Introduction 14
- Chapter 2. The General Principles of Radar 17
- Chapter 3. Pre-war Developments in Radar 21
- Chapter 4. The Radio Section is Introduced to Radar 26
- Chapter 5. Liaison and the Tizard Mission 32
- Chapter 6. The Wartime Organization 39
- 6.1 Radio Section and Radio Branch 39
- 6.2 Population Explosion 41
- 6.3 A Necessary Reorganization 43
- 6.4 The Field Station 47
- 6.5 Training of Service Personnel 48
- 6.6 Radar and the Universities 51
- 6.7 Research Enterprises, Ltd. 54
- 6.8 Plan of Subsequent Chapters 58
- Chapter 7. Projects for the Navy 60
- 7.1 Shore-Based Search Radar, "Night Watchman" (NW) 60
- 7.2 Ship-Borne Radar on Metre Wavelengths (CSC, SW-1C, SW-2C, SW-3C) 61
- 7.3 Microwave Ship-Borne Radar (RX/C, SS-2C) 64
- 7.4 Ship-Borne Radar Type 268 (RX/F) 66
- 7.5 Cathode-Ray Direction Finder (CRDF) 72
- 7.6 Observations of the Ionosphere 73
- 7.7 Canadian Naval Jammer (CNJ) 75
- 7.8 Radar Type 931 76
- 7.9 Other Projects for the Navy 78
- Chapter 8. Projects for the Army 80
- 8.1 Coast-Defence Radar (CD) 80
- 8.2 Anti-Aircraft Early-Warning and Gun-Laying Radar (GL IIIC) 83
- 8.3 Microwave Zone Position Indicator (MZPI) 95
- 8.4 GL IIIC Star 97
- 8.5 Searchlight-Control Radar (SLC) 98
- 8.6 Coast-Defence Gun-Laying Radar (CDX) 99
- 8.7 Forward-Area Warning Radar (FAW) 105
- 8.8 Counter-Bombardment Radar (CB) 106
- 8.9 Range-Only Radar for Bofors Predictor 107
- 8.10 Interference-Measuring Set 107
- Chapter 9. Projects for the Air Force 109
- 9.1 Airborne Radar, Air-to-Surface Vessel (ASV) 109
- 9.2 Ground Radar for Detection of Aircraft and for Control of Interception (CHL/GCI) 110
- 9.3 Airborne Radar for Aircraft Interception (AI) 111
- 9.4 Long-Range Early-Warning Radar (LREW, VEB) 111
- 9.5 Microwave Early-Warning Radar (MEW) 114
- 9.6 Microwave Height-Finder (MHF) 119
- 9.7 Microwave Air Warning Radar (MAW) 121
- 9.8 Very-High-Frequency Standards and Portable Precision Wavemeters 122
- 9.9 The Standard-Frequency Laboratory 123
- Chapter 10. Radio for Civil Aviation 124
- Chapter 11. Transition to Peace 127
- Chapter 12. The Branch in 1946 131
- 12.1 Introduction 131
- 12.2 Radio Aids to Marine Navigation 132
- 12.3 Microwave Section 133
- 12.4 Electronics for War and Peace 134
- 12.5 Electrical Engineering 135
- 12.6 Various Services 136
- Chapter 13. Epilogue 138
- Appendix A. Abbreviations Used in this Book 140
- Appendix B. Suggested Specification for a GL 3 Set 142
- Appendix C. List of Reports Issued by the Radio Branch 145
- Index 155
- A 155
- B 155
- C 155
- D 156
- E 156
- F 156
- G 156
- H 156
- I 157
- J 157
- K 157
- L 157
- M 157
- N 158
- O 158
- P 158
- Q 158
- R 158
- S 159
- T 159
- U 159
- V 159
- W 159
- Y 159
- Z 160