The SCR-268 (for Signal Corps Radio no. 268) was the United States Army's first radar system. Introduced in 1940, it was developed to provide accurate...
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"Radio Set SCR-270". Parts of the SCR-268 were diverted to this new project, delaying the completion of the -268. The non-portable version, the SCR-271-A,...
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A trailer-mounted mobile version was the SCR-784. In 1937, America's first fire-control radar, the SCR-268 radar, had proven to be insufficiently accurate...
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newly developed SCR-268 radar to provide fire control quality data to the Sperry Corporation's M4 mechanical gun director. The SCR-268's longwave did not...
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the SCR-268 went into service, Harold Zahl was working at the SCL in developing a better system. The SCR-270 was the mobile version, and the SCR-271 a...
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Signal Corps Radio (section SCR radio sets)
SCR-268 searchlight and gun control SCR-270 mobile long range early warning, VHF SCR-271 fixed long range early warning, VHF SCR-277 Radio range SCR-289...
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Model 1 - SCR-268 1.5 meter band (200 MHz) derivative built in small numbers Ta-Chi 2 Ground-Based Target Tracking Radar Model 2 - SCR-268 1.5 meter band...
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guns, initially with an associated searchlight, SCR-268 radar (replaced later by the much-improved SCR-584), M10 gun director, and M4 Gun Data Computer...
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"a term used to designate radio sets SCR (Signal Corps Radio)-268 and SCR-270 and similar equipment". The SCR-268 and 270 were not radios at all, but were...
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development. Designated SCR-268, a prototype was successfully demonstrated in late 1938 at Fort Monroe, Virginia. The production of SCR-268 sets was started...
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VT-158 (section Implementation in SCR-602)
SCR-268, a team led by Captain John Marchetti incorporated the VT-158 in a new system designated as the SCR-602. The original SCR-602, known as SCR-602-T1...
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The SCR-658 radar is a radio direction finding set introduced by the U. S. Army in 1944, was developed in conjunction with the SCR-268 radar. It was preceded...
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tube(s), developed by Harold A. Zahl, to adapt SCR-268s for picket ships, modified the SCR-268 into the SCR-602 which detected Japanese kamikazes (producing...
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calibration tests. The two fixed-location SCR-271s were in storage. USAFFE also received 11 sets of SCR-268 antiaircraft radars, a searchlight-control...
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Northrop P-61 Black Widow (section SCR-720 radar)
tip). The nose housed an evolved form of the SCR-268 Signal Corps Radar, the Western Electric Company's SCR-720A. Immediately behind the radar was the multi-framed...
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connected to new antennas and a unique lobe switching system. The American SCR-268 and German Würzburg were generally similar in concept, but the SLC was...
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K-28 trailer,(B and C), for SCR-268 G-697 trailer 5-ton K-34 trailer payload, SCR-268 G-698 semitrailer 12-ton K-78 trailer, SCR-584 van, and antenna G-699...
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or Kerrison predictors. Radar direction was common, starting with the SCR-268 in 1941, which was not accurate enough to directly lay the guns, but provided...
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(the planes were embarked on Saratoga); as well as an SCR-270 air search radar and an SCR-268 fire control radar for the 3-inch guns, and a large amount...
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production of the SCR-268 and SCR-270 Army radars. Just a few months after he retired (September 30, 1941), two Signal Corps soldiers — using an SCR-270 radar...
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generally too wide to be used directly for gun laying. For instance, the US's SCR-268 had a beam width of 2 degrees, and once the target entered that beam, the...
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anti-aircraft fire-control radar (Japanese SCR-268) Type 2 Mark 4 Model 2 anti-aircraft fire-control radar (Japanese SCR-268) (S24 anti-aircraft fire-control radar)...
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Detector, the SCR-268T specifically designed to the detection of vessels (S/S Normandie was detected at its inaugural crossing). The SCR-268 (using Barkausen...
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identical system was used in the United States's first gun-laying radar, the SCR-268. The Würzburg D was introduced in 1941 and added a conical scanning system...
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CXAM radar Radar picket United States Installed on ships SCR-268 radar Radar United States SCR-270 Radar United States SJ radar Radar United States Submarine...
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range search radar SCR-268 Fire-control radar SCR-270 Early warning radar SCR-527 Early warning radar SCR-547 Height finding radar SCR-602 Lightweight early...
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signal.army.mil/ocos/museum/equipment.asp Fort Gordon Museum, SCR and BC list k-13/k-14 trailers http://www.tpub.com/content/radar/TM-11-487C-1/index...
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Coast Defense Group behind and exchanged the aircraft sound locators for SCR-268 radar sets. In March 1942 the battalion was relieved by the Army's 61st...
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reason the US Army simply abandoned their early gun laying radar, the SCR-268. This was not particularly annoying, given that they were in the process...
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SCR-268 gun laying radar used by anti-aircraft artillery, but was ineffective in countering microwave-frequency radars like the 3 GHz frequency, SCR-584...
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