VERLORT Radar


SCR-584 Technical Details
SCR-584 Operator Instructions

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The VERLORT radar at Muchea:Photo - ???
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The VERLORT radar at Muchea:
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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".

The VERLORT radar reinstalled at Carnarvon just beside the AcqAid antennas:Photo - Alan Gilham
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The 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
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A conical scan beam: Image – ‘Electonics’; Fig 1, Nov ’45, p.104

Helical scan mechanism: Image – ‘Electonics’; Fig 2, Dec ’45, p.104
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Helical scan mechanism: Image – ‘Electonics’; Fig 2, Dec ’45, p.104
Moblas 5 site: Image – ‘Electonics’; Fig 5, Dec ’45, p.107
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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.

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