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P. van Genderen
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Introduction to the Special Section on Some Less-Well-Known Contributions to the Development of Radar
From its Early Conception Until Just After the Second World War
The invention of radar is 112 years old. A continuing interest has been and is being addressed in the long history of radar, with many old as well as recent publications. However, historical data on radar research and development are spread over many archives in the many nations
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The << Atlantic Wall >>, built by the German forces along the occupied coasts of Western Europa as a rampart to protect them against Allied landing attempts, included a powerful chain of anti-naval and anti-air detection devices, which may be seen as a kind of counter
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History of radar
The need for further analysis and disclosure
Within the frame of the Eurad-2014 Special Session ≪110 years of radar developments in Europe after Hülsmeyer's Telemobiloskop≫ this introductory paper contains (i) a retrospective analysis of the present literature and of its missing elements and (ii) a kind of presentation of
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The Cavity Magnetron
Not Just a British Invention [Historical Corner]
It is a common belief by many people that the resonant-cavity magnetron was invented in February 1940 by Randall and Boot from Birmingham University. In reality, this is not the full story. Rather, it is a point of view mostly advocated by the winners of the Second World War, who
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Ground penetrating radars (GPRs) are used to detect surface laid or shallowly buried objects. They can work either in the time or frequency domains. This paper presents the performances of newly developed stepped frequency continuous wave ground penetrating radar operating from 4
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