VERLORT Radar

Verlort radar at Muchea:
Photo - ???

The VERy LOng Range Tracking (VERLORT) radar was an extended-range version of the SCR-584, often credited as the radar that won WW II.

Verlort radar reinstalled at Carnarvon just beside the AcqAid antennas:
Photo - Alan Gilham

The SCR-584, developed at the MIT laboratories, was remarkable for its inventive acquisition features.

A conical scan beam: Image – ‘Electonics’; Fig 1, Nov ’45, p.104

Helical scan mechanism: Image – ‘Electonics’; Fig 2, Dec ’45, p.104

Moblas 5 site: Image – ‘Electonics’; Fig 5, Dec ’45, p.107

For a detailed technical description of the SCR-584 radar from ‘Electronics’ magazine, November & December 1945 refer to http://www.hamhud.net/darts/scr584.html.