"SJ" and "SD" radar - what does it stand for?

[Able72]

Wow, some of you guys know more history about military equipment than a sane human being should

[Raptor1]

Originally Posted by Able72

Wow, some of you guys know more history about military equipment than a sane human being should

Being a sane human must be boring then...

Anyway, Nisgeis, I think your right about the S standing for Search and the other letter standing for the model number, but the earliest type of US Shipborne Search Radar used in WWII was called the CXAM (Though I think the CXAM-1 was more widespread), which was introduced before the S models, What did that stand for?

[MonTana_Prussian]

Originally Posted by Raptor1

Being a sane human must be boring then...

Anyway, Nisgeis, I think your right about the S standing for Search and the other letter standing for the model number, but the earliest type of US Shipborne Search Radar used in WWII was called the CXAM (Though I think the CXAM-1 was more widespread), which was introduced before the S models, What did that stand for?

Actually it was XCAM,and I don't know what it meant. I do know that USS Enterprise had it early on.

[Raptor1]

Originally Posted by MonTana_Prussian

Actually it was XCAM,and I don't know what it meant. I do know that USS Enterprise had it early on.

Nope, I'm 99% sure it was the CXAM, All the USN Pre-War Carriers had the CXAM-1 Radar (Including the Enterprise) and some of the BBs had it