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RE: Cavity magnetron
Posted by:
SuperKraut
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Date: July 02, 2001 08:59PM
<HTML>\"> Long time no hear.<\" I am rather tied up with work this summer, but I look in when I can.
\">From what I understand from your past posts, the magnetron was an English invention that Germany never caught onto to.<\" Yes and no. The cavity magnetron was found in a British bomber shot down near Rotterdam in late 1942. For various organizational reasons it took quite a bit of time to reverse engineer, so it was not until spring 1945 that a 10 cm radar was combat ready. It is a sad story of inefficiency and bureaucratic bungling.
I presume the Japanese obtained a sample themselves or via the Germans. There were certainly lots of samples flying and floating around and the device is rather robust, so it easily survives a crash.
Regards,
SuperKraut</HTML>
\">From what I understand from your past posts, the magnetron was an English invention that Germany never caught onto to.<\" Yes and no. The cavity magnetron was found in a British bomber shot down near Rotterdam in late 1942. For various organizational reasons it took quite a bit of time to reverse engineer, so it was not until spring 1945 that a 10 cm radar was combat ready. It is a sad story of inefficiency and bureaucratic bungling.
I presume the Japanese obtained a sample themselves or via the Germans. There were certainly lots of samples flying and floating around and the device is rather robust, so it easily survives a crash.
Regards,
SuperKraut</HTML>
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