German radar detectors & radars - an article

[tycho102]

It has recently come to my attention that the Jerries kept using klystrons, instead of continuously-tuned magnetrons, severely limiting their radar range (with vacuum tubes, you don't adjust your receiver's sensitivity, you adjust your active power output). Not to even mention maintenance (rust!!) or repair.

Some very poor decisions. So poor, in fact, I suspect politics were the actual deciding factor rather than engineering.

Kind of like America, one might say.

[U-Bones]

Originally Posted by tycho102

...Some very poor decisions. So poor, in fact, I suspect politics were the actual deciding factor rather than engineering.

Kind of like America, one might say.

Not neccessary, on topic, appropriate, or appreciated. One might say...