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Link Room IV .. Carpet Sweeper

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Update from the Link Room Part IV …. One of the more interesting items in the Electronic Warfare display is the Transmitter/Receiver 1621 otherwise Carpet II or Carpet Sweeper. TR 1621 was designed to jam the German Wurzburg radar used to control night fighters without needing a skilled operator. The receiver portion tuned across the […]

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Link Room Display Part I – Radio Valves

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Link Room Display Part I …… This is a series of short blog postings explaining some of the items we have in the link room and associated display cabinets: Radio Valves. A display in the Link Room shows radio valves from the early days, resembling electric lamps through magnetrons to the last, sub miniature types.

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