Type 279 radar
Type 279
| Country of origin |
United Kingdom |
| Introduced |
1940 |
| Type |
Early warning radar |
| Frequency |
43 MHz |
| PRF |
50 per second |
| Pulsewidth |
7-30 μs |
| Range |
50 nautical miles (93 km; 58 mi)? |
| Power |
70 kW |
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The Type 279 radar was a British naval early warning radar developed during World War II from the Type 79.[1]
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Bibliography
- Brown, Louis (1999). A Radar History of World War II: Technological and Military Imperatives. Bristol and Philadelphia: Institue of Physics Publishing. ISBN 0-7503-0659-9.
- Friedman, Norman (1981). Naval Radar. London: Conway Maritime Press. ISBN 0-85177-238-2.
- Swords, Sean S. (1986). Technical History of the Beginnings of Radar. London: IEE/Peter Peregrinus. ISBN 0-86341-043-X.
- Watson, Raymond C. Jr. (2009). Radar Origins Worldwide: History of Its Evolution in 13 Nations Through World War II. Trafford. ISBN 978-1-4269-2111-7.
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