World War, 1939-1945, War Work
Found in 9 Collections and/or Records:
2 reports relating to the detection of ships and aircraft, c. 1941 and no date
2 reports relating to the detection of ships and aircraft:
‘Report on the Use of Radiation of Wave-Length 5-10 cms. for the Detection and Automatic Following of Aircraft and Ships'. The material consists of a 16 page typescript, with photographs, regarding the Klystron and magnetron, no author or date, c. 1941).
‘Reception of R.D.F. [Radio Direction Finding] by ships at sea'. The material consists of a manuscript note and diagrams, no author or date.
3 reports on radio detection, February 1941-May 1941
The material consists of 3 reports on radio detection:
‘The power required in R.D.F. [Radio Direction Finding] systems and the echoing properties of various targets.’ A report from H. M. Signal School, Portsmouth, dated February 1941.
Report, ‘Material for prediction' (page 1 and cover missing), c. March 1941.
'A Note on the Optimum Wavelength for R.D.F. Performance’. A report from H.M. Signal School, Haslemere, dated May 1941.
Correspondence and calculations by C.G. Darwin and 3 reports by N.F. Mott, 1940
The material consists of Correspondence and calculations relating to reflection by C.G. Darwin and 3 reports by N.F. Mott relating to the scattering power of aircraft and echoes, all dated 1940.
Correspondence, calculations and reports from F.M. Colebrook and J.M.C. Scott, 1940
Correspondence, calculations and reports from F.M. Colebrook and J.M.C. Scott, dated 1940. The material relates to scattering and it includes a copy of a paper by Scott as submitted to the R.D.F. [Radio Direction Finding] Application Committee of Ministry of Supply, October 1940.
Lantern slides, 1920
Offprint and English translation of an Italian article on wireless range-finding, September 1939
Offprint, and English translation of an Italian article on wireless range-finding. The material consists of 4 pages only of a report on German detection of English aircraft, dated September 1939.