Talk:SCR-270 radar

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I am contacting Don Helgeson by e-mail (and possibly by phone) to confirm that this text is indeed posted by him. From this webpage I concluded that the author of this article is indeed Don; it remains only to confirm that he is the poster as well, not someone who was ripping him off. Mikkalai 23:52, 4 May 2005 (UTC)

here are two more email addresses to try; [1], [2].--Duk 01:04, 5 May 2005 (UTC)

[edit] addishinal edditing required

the section on perl harbour if corect sould be copyed to the history of radar. in general this artical is missing sorces. if avalible please add some.--maayan 04:47, 12 Jun 2005 (UTC)

I am the Don Helgeson (donhelgeson@comcast.net - Gleaner&Scrounger for "Electrohist & RadarHist News Letters) that wrote the SCR-270 radar piece and it would be a iseful addition to the History of Radar article in my (addmittdly biased) estimation.

How do I get a Spell-Checker to work here?

Best Regards, DonH

[edit] rewrite needed and completed

Regardless of the identity of the original article, the article itself was inaccurate historically, misleading, needlessly technical and generally poorly writen. Hopefully this version corrects at least some of this. Maury 18:58, 23 December 2005 (UTC)

On the history of the Opana point radar and its role in Pearl Harbor. I am intending to add several corrections to the articles posted. First the Operator at Opana point was not in training and was a fully qualified operator and that the plotter was in training though Elliot did recieve a medal for reporting the raid.

Second and a more important concept is that the Opana site, and three other Oahu radar SCR 270 sites and the command center were closed around breakfast because a fuel conservation order, (apparently the generator used a lot of gasoline ), was in place limiting the generator use to the hours between dawn and dusk.( apparently prime attack times) All four sites on Oahu should have shut down and but at Opana the truck was late for breakfast and they continued to operate.

Third, all the radar installations on the islands at the time were SCR 270 mobile units.

this information comes from my father Warrant Officer Robert S. McMurtrie Army Ret. stationed at Schofield and associated with Opana, before, during and after the Dec 7, 1941. attack. Doug mcmurtrie 01:18, 3 September 2007 (UTC)