• DocumentCode
    3527475
  • Title

    The South African radar story

  • Author

    Peter, TV

  • Volume
    1
  • fYear
    1999
  • fDate
    1999
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Abstract
    The 16th December 1939 is an important date in South Africa´s technical history. It is the date when a small team of scientists and engineers switched on the first experimental radar set which they had designed and built. The tests were successful. This achievement is looked at against a background of limited supply of suitable components to be used in new technology. What is more, with the war already in progress in Europe, it had to be carried out under a veil of secrecy. The experimental radar was code-named the JB which is a shortened form of the word Johannesburg. The JB set operated at a frequency of 90 MHz
  • Keywords
    history; military radar; radar equipment; South Africa; first experimental radar set; history; Africa; Cities and towns; Frequency; History; Poles and towers; Radar antennas; Receiving antennas; Resource description framework; TV; Transmitting antennas;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Africon, 1999 IEEE
  • Conference_Location
    Cape Town
  • Print_ISBN
    0-7803-5546-6
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/AFRCON.1999.820665
  • Filename
    820665
    • Link To Document
    https://search.isc.ac/dl/search/defaultta.aspx?DTC=49&DC=3527475