Royal Air Force Radar, 1939-1945. Air interception radar: the installation of the AI Mark VIIIA receiver unit on the starboard side of the radar operator's position in a Bristol Beaufighter night fighter. Operating at a frequency of 3 GHz (10 centimeters wavelength) powered by the new magnetron tube invented by John Randall and Harry Boot at Birmingham University, UK in 1940, the AI Mark VIII was the first microwave air intercept radar, used on British warplanes in World War 2 beginning late 1941. The development of microwave radar was a game changer for the Allies during World War 2, credited
Royal Air Force Radar, 1939-1945. Air interception radar: the installation of the AI Mark VIIIA receiver unit on the starboard side of the radar operator's position in a Bristol Beaufighter night fighter. Operating at a frequency of 3 GHz (10 centimeters wavelength) powered by the new magnetron tube invented by John Randall and Harry Boot at Birmingham University, UK in 1940, the AI Mark VIII was the first microwave air intercept radar, used on British warplanes in World War 2 beginning late 1941. The development of microwave radar was a game changer for the Allies during World War 2, credited with significantly shortening the war.
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