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875: 1264: 1011: 417: 782:. A modified version of the Type 273 was provided, removing the stabilization system (not needed on land) and further increasing the reflectors to 4.5 feet (1.4 m) which improved gain to 575. Several such systems were built under the name Types 273S (for Shore) and delivered in 1942. A further one-off modification was made for the site at Saebol, Iceland, due to the high winds at that location. This Type 273M was mounted on a gun mount for extra stability. In testing on 29 September 1942, the 273M demonstrated a 92,000 yards (84,000 m) range against a trawler from its 1,520 foot (460 m) high location, which is only slightly short of the 29: 643: 1030:, the detection performance of a radar varies with the fourth root of transmitted power, so even with the new system delivering about 45 times the output, effective range increased by about 2.6 times. This still represented a significant improvement, as it allowed U-boats to be detected to the radar horizon from the escorts, beyond which detection would be impossible anyway. A more important difference was that the signals that were returned from shorter ranges were stronger, making them much more stable on the displays. 965:
Three hand-built prototypes of the new equipment chassis were built at Eastney, along with an order for ten production prototypes each from Marconi and Allen West. A new problem emerged; even though the system used separate transmitter and receiver antennas, the transmissions were so powerful that enough leaked signal reached the receiver's antenna to burn out the crystals. This required the addition of the soft Sutton tube to the receiver to further isolate it from the transmitter's signals.
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experiments using the original 3 foot (0.91 m) diameter parabolic mirrors used in the TRE sets for use on larger ships. These provided a gain of 250, far greater than the cheese antennas. Combined with the mounting higher on the mast, it was expected this system would offer significantly greater detection range. Six prototype systems were delivered in August 1941, given the name Type 273. The first production fitting was to
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plates on the top and bottom. The resulting design "squeezes" the signal between the two plates, and it rapidly spreads out as it exits the area between them. Additionally, production models of the antenna clipped the outer edges of the parabolic section to make the antenna narrower. The clipped portions were fitted with small end-plates, which gave rise to the side-reflections.
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radar's ability to pick up targets even when they were very close to the horizon, something previous designs could not do due to reflections off the ground that the tightly focused microwave signal avoided. Development of production radars using this basic design was undertaken immediately by the Air Ministry and Admiralty.
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to be extended up to as much as 40 feet (12 m), offering much more flexibility in mounting options. The CV35 was also electrically more stable and made tuning the system far easier. Sets using the CV35 were initially known as 271X Mark II, but in March 1942 they were re-designated 271 Mark II, dropping the X.
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The tests were so successful that the prototype was left in-place as an operational unit, and immediate order for another twelve hand-built units was placed with ADRDE. A further order for fifty production models mounted on a mobile trailer was placed, and formed the "K" stations of the coast defence
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Operationally NT271X was a great advance on previous sets in maximum range, discrimination, counting and accuracy. For the first time reliable cover was obtained across the Channel, so that not even E-boats could go between Calais and Boulogne undetected. Large ships could be watched at anchor in the
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The entire system, including the operator's cabin, was mounted on an anti-aircraft gun carriage. The antennas were mounted directly to the side of the cabin, rotating with it. This had the significant advantage that the coaxial cables between the antennas and the equipment inside were very short. The
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Late in 1941, the labs at Eastney began adapting the PPI for use with the Type 271. The display made scanning the surface dramatically easier as the operator could swing the antenna back and forth and the display would show the entire sweep as a single display. Previously they would have to carefully
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One such improvement was the CV35 reflex klystron which replaced the earlier NR89 of the 271X. The CV35 had an efficiency of 3 to 4%, compared to the original 1%, and therefore produced about three times the output signal for any given input. This allowed the distance between the antenna and receiver
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on 25 March 1941. Mounted at the 36 foot (11 m) mast height, the system could track a small submarine at 4,000 yards (3,700 m) and saw some returns as far as 5,000 yards (4,600 m). In higher sea-states, the maximum range was reduced to 4,400 yards (4,000 m). While this was shorter
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is used to rotate the beam around the display face, with "north up". A time base is used to pull the beam from the center to the outer rim along this angle. Instead of deflecting the beam to produce a blip, the amplified signal instead causes the signal to grow brighter. When the antenna sweeps by a
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to allow the cabin to be remote from the antenna. At the same time, those electronics that remained mounted on the antenna were repackaged to be as small as possible, reducing weight. With these changes, it was now possible to mount the antenna remotely, making it suitable for use on destroyers. In
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used to carry the signal from the radar to the receiver lost about 22 dB per 100 feet (30 m) of length at microwave frequencies. Even at short distances this would result in unacceptable losses. The solution was to place the transmitter and the initial stages of the receiver on the back of
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could not detect a surfaced submarine, and the radars available at that time were too large to be fitted to the most common escorts. During this wide-ranging "Trade Protection Meeting", the call for "An efficient radar set for anti-submarine surface and air escorts must be developed" was approved by
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As the 271 continued to be modified with new equipment and techniques, the Army followed suit. The use of the soft Sutton tube allowed the second antenna to be removed, and the addition of waveguides improved the packaging possibilities. A new version, Radar, Coast Defence, Number 1 Mark 5, mounted
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flew through the mast area. This made the stabilized platform guiding the 273's antenna lose its orientation and the antennas ended up pointing into the air. Lieutenant Bates, commander in the radar cabin, climbed the mast and managed to reorient the antenna successfully. From that moment on he was
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To speed the fitting of the P models to ships, entirely new radar cabins were prefabricated for each ship that was expected to return from sea for its periodic boiler cleaning. The installation occurred in two stages: during one cleaning a new area on the ship was prepared for the radar, and on its
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cobbled together the various parts on a table to produce the first working microwave radar. This used the updated NT98 magnetron that produced 5 kW of power. They demonstrated it by having someone ride a bicycle in front of the device while holding a metal plate. This test demonstrated the new
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that produced a 2D image of the space around the radar station. The PPI is what one normally thinks of as a radar display, with a circular face and a visible beam rotating around it. This display was being used to help ease the task of plotting an airborne interception, as both the target aircraft
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suggested the solution would be to use an antenna that had a narrow horizontal beam like the parabolas they were using, but little vertical focussing. This would create a fan-shaped beam spread over about 80 degrees vertically that would continue to paint the target as the radar-carrying ship
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The Navy was in a particularly good position to take advantage of the magnetron, as part of their Experimental Department was the Valve Laboratory. In 1939, the Valve Laboratory was put in charge of the Committee for the Coordination of Valve Development (CDV), leading the development of new valve
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The 271's electronics were state-of-the-art for the 1940s, and give some indication of the difficulty in producing such systems at the time. The receiver in the original 271X had 20 dB of noise, but this improved slightly in production to 16 - 18 dB. The introduction of US-made detector
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Further development of the 271 series using the CV76 magnetron and numerous other improvements was originally carried out under the Mark V name. The main improvement was the 500 kW magnetrons and the single transmit/receive antenna. Over time these changes were considered so significant that
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The performance against submarines was not quite so apparent, as their low profiles allowed them to disappear behind large waves. However, post-war analysis demonstrated that the 271Q offered a significant improvement in terms of sightings. From 1943, when the radar first became common, the first
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In order to deploy the new magnetrons as quickly as possible, it was decided to retain the existing antenna installations and use the CV56 at 70 to 100 kW, ultimately settling at 70. Only the transmitter would be modified with a waveguide, the receiver would continue to use the coaxial feed.
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It was around the same time this new unit was being tested that the first strapped magnetron arrived in Eastney, the CV56. This was fitted to the experimental trailer and aimed at Nab Tower, their standard target. To everyone's surprise, the resulting signal was so powerful the only result was to
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The most surprising of all was the new "strapped" magnetron design, a seemingly minor modification that produced an enormous boost in performance, allowing a unit the same size of the original NT98 to reach efficiencies on the other of 40%, or even 50 to 60% when used with a new and more powerful
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to study their lash-up devices. By this time the TRE had two systems in operation and the second could be mounted on a trailer. When tested on the sea-side cliff near the labs, this radar successfully detected small ships in Swanage Bay. The Navy team developed their own version of the prototype,
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The 271 required a thin beam side-to-side in order to provide accuracy while having a wide beam up-and-down so that the signal hit the water's surface as the ship pitched and rolled. This led to the use of a "cheese" antenna design, which consists of a slice cut out of a parabolic reflector with
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c) The successful presentation on the PPI of the tactical situation was almost entirely due to the improved performance of the set since fitting the cylindrical perspex lantern; this, by cutting down side-echoes to negligible proportions, has improved the value of the set by one hundred percent.
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The only other significant change between the Apparatus C and 271X was a minor change to the antenna, clipping off the outside edges to reduce its width, and slightly increasing the distance between the upper and lower plates from 9 to 10 inches (230 to 250 mm) to offset the slight loss of
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a) The surface warning provided by Type 273Q was entirely satisfactory, giving on PPI a clear picture of the situation throughout the engagement. Blast from the ship's own broadsides so shook the office that some of the overhead supports for the panels were carried away, but the set remained
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The Navy had already tried to increase the performance of the existing sets by boosting the power of the NT98 magnetrons. They found that the NT98 could produce as much as 100 kW of output using an input pulse of 1 MW. However, this was at the very limit of the power-handling NT100
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watch for "blips" in the display as they swung the antenna, and then rotate it back and forth in ever-smaller motions in order to determine the exact angle. Now they could make a single swing to develop an image of the entire area and measure the angle to targets off the face of the display.
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but somewhat narrower. For production units, this had been reduced to a single cabinet with two large boxes on the bottom and middle, and a much smaller unit on top. The lowest unit was the power supply and pulse-forming system, with the receiver and display on the middle, and tuner on top.
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The move to the cheese antenna resulted in a loss of performance, but one that was unavoidable due to the pitch and roll of the ships. Such was not the case on larger ships, where the slower movements in waves made it possible to offset the effects using a mechanical stabilizer. This led to
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that passed through the roof of the radar operator's cabin and ended in a steering wheel taken from an automobile. Because the coaxial cables carrying the signal to the cabin had only so much play, the antennas were limited to about 200 degrees of rotation, unable to point to the rear.
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was contracted to redesign the electronics units to make them easier to manufacture. The original system consisted of three large cabinets in two vertical stacks. The new designs, which was given the model number "P", used only two cabinets mounted in a single vertical stack.
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The Type 272 was also mounted to cruisers, but in this role a new problem was discovered; the blast from the main guns was strong enough that it tended to crack the perspex in the radome. This was not wholly solved until 1943, when an entirely new radome was introduced.
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in March. These quickly revealed the problem was due to the pillars that supported the roof of the lantern-style enclosure. A new design entirely of perspex was developed, consisting of several thick cylinders that were stacked vertically to produce a complete radome.
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The antenna was mounted on a post running through a metal tube. The top of the tube held a bearing system that the antenna sat on. The post ran through the roof of the radar operator's cabin and ended in a large wheel that was used to manually turn the antenna.
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These test fits demonstrated another problem; targets at close range returned so much signal that it overwhelmed more distant targets, which made it difficult to track the U-boats while near a convoy. This problem was ultimately solved by the introduction of a
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in November 1942, and the entire fleet had been modified by the end of 1943. The radome for the Type 273s took longer to design, as it was much heavier and also had to withstand the blast of the firing guns, but these were converted by the end of 1943.
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The original antenna arrangement was retained for the production 271s, but the mounting was changed to produce the Outfit ANB. Further experiments were carried out that replaced the direct drive shaft that the operator used to turn the antennas with a
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than the ranges achieved with the experimental systems at Swanage, they were considered operationally useful, and were in any event much longer than visual range at night. Allen West was told to go ahead with the current design for production models.
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in October 1936, used a 4 m wavelength that required the antennas to be strung between the ship's masts. It could only be aimed by turning the entire ship. To improve power, a version with an even longer 7 m wavelength was developed for
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the now single antenna on a separate and much smaller trailer with the rest of the electronics in a non-rotating semi-trailer. Some were mounted on permanent mounts, in which case they were known as Radar, Coast Defence, Number 1 Mark 6.
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During 1941, great strides were being made in microwave electronics and new solutions to problems were constantly being introduced. A number of such changes were worked into the production models as the prototype series came to an end.
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The standard Outfit ANB had a gain of approximately 55. The 273's larger 3 foot (0.91 m) reflector improved this to about 250 while the 273S land-based model's 4.5 foot (1.4 m) reflector further improved this to 575.
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would cause large areas of the display to become unusable, creating a blip much larger than the ship and hiding objects near it. These were known as "side echoes," no hint of which had been seen during initial operations.
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target, a small blip lights up on the otherwise dark display face. Getting this to work requires careful adjustment by the operator to mute down the internal noise of the amplifier without also muting out small signals.
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At a meeting on 11 February 1941, the prototype order at Eastney was increased with another 12 units, and an order for 100 production sets was placed with Allen West and Company. At the same meeting, the newly completed
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radar development by all of the forces began immediately. While the magnetron solved the problem of generating short-wavelength signals with high power, that alone does not make a complete radar system. One also needs a
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for what became known as "Outfit JE". The only difference between the prototype and the production models was the used of a smaller 9 inches (230 mm) CRT which reduced the bulk of the resulting equipment cabin.
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and demonstrated tracking at 9 miles (14 km) at the top of the 250 foot (76 m) cliff, 5 miles (8.0 km) at the 60 foot (18 m) Peveril Point, and 3.5 miles (5.6 km) at 20 feet (6.1 m).
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From 1940 the possibility of air attack on the Experimental Department was considered serious, but it was not until late that year that a move was initiated. In March 1941, the Experimental Department became the
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The P-models added the PPI display, which was otherwise similar to the later production models of the earlier marks. The Q-models deliberately used the same layout as the P in order to ease conversion.
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A significant role for the 271 was the British Army's adaptation to the Coastal Defence role. These radars were placed along the eastern coast of the British Isles to look for enemy ships in the
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Development of microwave techniques continued at a rapid pace through 1941 and by the end of the year several significant improvements had progressed to production quality. Among these was the
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at a range of 45,500 yards (41.6 km), and tracked her continually from that point onward. Beginning at 17.5 nautical miles (32.4 km; 20.1 mi) Type 284 acquired the target and
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being a common design. This meant that the radar antennas of this era had to be metres across to have reasonable performance. The prototype Type 79X, which was fitted experimentally to the
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performance from the clipping. This new antenna design was known as Outfit ANA. The antenna was placed on a rotating platform that was manually turned around the vertical axis using a
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in March 1941 and declared operational in May. Small numbers became available during the year, with about thirty sets in operation by October. The design spawned two larger versions,
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Some sense of the urgency of the development program can be seen in the fact that an order for 12 sets had already been placed with the Admiralty's communications laboratory at
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The P and Q models changed the display to be, primarily, a plan-position indicator using a larger 9 inches (230 mm) CRT. On this display the antenna's angle relative to
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d) The picking-up range of Scharnhorst was 45,500 yards, nearly the full visual range of Scharnhorst's director tower from the height of the Duke of York's radar aerial.
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By the autumn of 1941 it was clear the demand for the new radars was far beyond their projected production rates. In addition to the demand for naval ships, the
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was set aside for sea trials. The first batch of prototypes had been completed by the end of February 1941, which led to a follow-on order for another 150 sets.
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By July 1940, samples of all of these devices had arrived at the TRE's experimental shops, along with more powerful magnetrons working between 5 and 10 kW.
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and the associated 276 and 293. These versions began to replace the 271s starting in mid-1944, and had completely replaced them for new installations by 1945.
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in July 1941. Unofficially referred to as Type NT271X, it was later given the official name Radar, Coast Defence, Number 1 Mark 4, or CD No.1 Mk.4 for short.
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e) Type 281 was able to hold the Scharnhorst up to 12.75 nautical miles, a reminder of the useful part this set can play as a stand-by for surface warning.
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By the late-war period, improved versions of all of these designs were introduced. Originally known as the Mark V models, in March 1943 these were renamed
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typical use, the antenna was mounted at the 55 foot (17 m) level on the mast. In August 1941, units with this sort of drive were renamed Type 272.
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As the installation of 271 become more widespread in late 1941, operators began to note an odd problem where the reflection from larger ships in a
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that can operate at equally high frequencies, cables capable of carrying that signal to the antenna efficiently, and a host of other developments.
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To address these attacks, in December 1942 the RAF took over eleven of the CD units and renamed them the AMES Type 52, but much better known as
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magnet. This led to a corresponding boost in output, with no change to the power supply the radars could now produce as much as 500 kW.
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beginning at 12.75 nautical miles (23.61 km; 14.67 mi). This early detection, combined with accurate blind-fire ranging from the
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The Type 271 was so ahead of its time that it found a number of uses in unrelated roles where it served out the war in front-line service.
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war in September noted that 70% of all successful attacks by U-boats were made at night and on the surface. This was possible because
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b) Gyro-stabilisation of the aerial proved its worth, justifying for the first time the fitting of such gear in capital ships.
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was a powerhouse in electronics design and was able to quickly develop a series of radars for naval use. In 1938, their
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display. This used a single cathode ray tube (CRT) with the beam being pulled across the display left-to-right by a
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was the first ship to mount the operational Type 273, which can be seen on the mast above the dark rectangle of her
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For a variety of reasons, antennas have to be a certain size relative to the wavelength of their signals, with the
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framing. The resulting arrangement had a very strong resemblance to a lantern, which quickly became its nickname.
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sighting range increased from an average of 3 to 5 miles (4.8 to 8.0 km), an increase of more than 50%.
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slowed her until the British and Norwegian destroyers were able to close and finish her off with torpedoes.
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that provided between 15 and 20 kW of power. Its antenna could be rotated, but was enormous and heavy.
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and the interceptor appeared on the same display, allowing the operators to easily direct the interceptor.
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that indicated the direction the antenna was currently facing. This was mixed with the signal from a
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the antennas in a metal box, reducing the wiring length to about 1 foot (0.30 m). However, the
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known only as "Apparatus C", which was tested for the first time on the trailer on 8 December 1940.
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technology for all of the UK's armed forces. The Valve Laboratory led development of the tunable
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and early warning. The initial order of 150 units with Allen West and Co was increased to 350.
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Very early in development, one of the 271X units was sent to the Army's radar research site,
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In early fits, the equipment was packed into two large cabinets, about as tall as a common
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Ships continued to receive the 271Q through the transition period, including, for example,
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In tests, the system immediately proved itself invaluable, and a contract was placed with
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switching an antenna between a transmitter and receiver working at microwave frequencies
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in May 1942 off Tobermory, which also tested its ability to see the splashes from the
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The "double cheese" antenna of the 271 was similar to this Type 274 antenna seen on
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While the Navy's radar development was making great strides, operational use in the
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at around 3 miles (4.8 km) and its periscope alone at 900 yards (820 m).
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that muted down the signals from close-in objects. These arrived in late 1943.
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that generated the appropriate high-frequency signals for the reflex klystron.
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only began in 1941. Through the summer and autumn of 1940, a period after the
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melt the dipole in the transmitting antenna. This led to the adoption of a
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purposes and the Air Ministry was interested in using them for short-range
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The Commander-in-Chief Home Fleet praised the performance of the system:
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decidedly in favour of the Royal Navy. Later that year, the 273Q aboard
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and thus longer range. This proved very successful and was widely used.
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In February 1942 an experimental PPI using a 12 inches (300 mm)
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Another problem would be keeping the signal from the tightly focused
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was fitted with the first production 271, seen here atop the bridge.
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The Battle of North Cape: The Death Ride of the Scharnhorst, 1943
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The 271 was designed just before the development of a system for
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triggered by the transmission pulses. Targets along the current
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The Development of Radar Equipments for the Royal Navy, 1935–45
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bands, with wavelengths measured in metres. Existing valves (
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asked for some solution to the problem of detecting Italian
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moved in the waves. The resulting design became known as a "
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crystals offered a further improvement to 14 - 16 dB.
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In October 1940 a team from the ASE under the direction of
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receiver that operated at microwave frequencies, while the
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HMCS Sackville
ASRE
PRF
Beamwidth
Azimuth
Type 277 radar
surface search radar
Royal Navy and allies during World War II
microwave
corvettes
frigates
resolution
U-boat
HMS Orchis
destroyers
cruisers
battleships
gain
magnetron
plan position indicator
ASV Mark III radar
huff-duff
Naval Enigma
Battle of the Atlantic
HMS Duke of York
German battleship Scharnhorst
Battle of the North Cape
Type 277
Royal Navy

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