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The Secrets of Radar Museum
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We share the secret history of Canadians on radar during #WWii and #coldwar, as well as weather radar! Our collection spans 1920s-present. #rcaf Located in London, Ontario, we're open Thurs-Sat, 10am-4pm. Secretsofradar.com
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Check out our rad new radar demonstration unit!

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An experimental table-top radar unit that looks like a pair of aluminum cans hooked up to a circuit board. The cans read: Stein Radar Demonstration Exhibit.
February 19, 2024 at 4:32 PM
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We Remember Them.
Unknown RCAF radar personnel, men and women, standing in uniform in the snow at RCAF Clinton, late 1945 or early 1946.
November 11, 2023 at 4:22 PM
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We Remember Them.
RCAF radar personnel casually posed on the front steps of a mess or recreation building at a wwii radar base on the West Coast of Canada. Theyre smiling, many are partially out of uniform, some hold pool cues. One man holds a dog. C.1943
November 11, 2023 at 4:20 PM
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We've had this radar unit for almost a decade, and only tonight, after someone prematurely turned out the lights, did we discover its auxiliary radar scope has a phosphor glow! Should we do a video about phosphor? Let us know!

#radar #glowinthedark #phosphorescence #avionics #wwii #howcoolisthat
A flat green circle glows within a black circular frame. Everything but the phosphor circle is deep in shadow.
September 23, 2023 at 1:53 AM
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Yes, we do have actual radar equipment, and other neat stuff, and no, we don't turn it on. Look, do you want congealed eyeballs? No, we didn't think so.

Anyway, behold! Radar!
A close-up photo of airborne radar equipment, an H2X set, that is comprised of black-painted metal boxes covered with switches and knobs. In the centre is a bright orange circular cathode ray tube radar screen, to the left is an auxiliary, white cathode ray tube screen. Several braided aluminum cables are attached. The unit isn't very big, and sits on a table top. It once was installed in a Lancaster Bomber Mk 10, or perhaps a B-29 Superfortress, and was used for area bombing.
September 3, 2023 at 3:00 AM