The Type 279 radar was a British naval early-warning radar developed during World War II from the Type 79[1] metric early-warning set. It initially had separate transmitting and receiving antennas that were later combined in the Type 279M to single-antenna operation. This set also had a secondary surface-search mode with surface and aerial gunnery capability and used a Precision Ranging Panel, which passed accurate radar ranges directly to the HACS table (analog computer).[2][3]
Specifications
Notes
- ^ Friedman, p. 190
- ^ Howse, Radar at Sea: The Royal Navy in World War II
- ^ "RADAR IN THE RN AT THE END OF WW2" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2015-09-24. Retrieved 2013-01-28.
Bibliography
- Brown, Louis (1999). A Radar History of World War II: Technological and Military Imperatives. Bristol and Philadelphia: Institute of Physics Publishing. ISBN 0-7503-0659-9.
- Friedman, Norman (1981). Naval Radar. London: Conway Maritime Press. ISBN 0-85177-238-2.
- Swords, Sean S. (1986). Technical History of the Beginnings of Radar. London: IEE/Peter Peregrinus. ISBN 0-86341-043-X.
- Watson, Raymond C. Jr. (2009). Radar Origins Worldwide: History of Its Evolution in 13 Nations Through World War II. Trafford. ISBN 978-1-4269-2111-7.
External links
- The RN Radar and Communications Museum
