Hall J.S. (ed.) Radar Aids to Navigation

New York: McGraw-Hill, 1947. — 389 p. — (MIT Radiation Laboratory Series. Volume 2)Radar Aids to Navigation is intended primarily to describe the advantages and limitations of radar equipment when applied to problems of navigation and pilotage, whether the equipment is airborne, shipborne, or ground-based. Radar beacons as aids to navigation are also discussed.
While the development of radar was proceeding apace under the impetus of the Second World War, the development of a host of nonradar navigational aids was also accelerated. These aids include systems that measure range differences like Loran and Gee and a number of azimuthal systems like the German Sonne. Descriptions of these and other nonradar aids are included to give the reader a more comprehensive picture of available techniques.
The authors have not always found it possible to present this information in a nontechnical form. The reader with no technical background should obtain a fair estimate of the value of radar in navigational problems from Chaps. 2,3, 8, and 9. Radar indicators are described in some detail in this volume because, of all the components, they are of greatest interest to the navigator.