Cady W.M., Karelitz M.B., Turner L.A. (ed.) Radar Scanners and Radomes

New York: McGraw-Hill, 1948. — 491 p. — (MIT Radiation Laboratory Series. Volume 26)A radar scanner, or antenna mount, is the assembly consisting of the antenna and the mechanism that causes the radiated beam to scan. In this volume we are concerned mainly with the engineering of the scanner and its housing. The electrical design of the antenna and the transmission line are discussed in Vol. 12 of the Radiation Laboratory Series. Since the reader is presumed to have an engineering background, the discussion of radar antenna mounts in Part I deals only with those features of the design which are peculiar to radar antenna mounts. The treatment is incomplete in two respects. There is almost no reference to equipment operating at wavelengths longer than 10 cm, and there is little discussion of scanners that were not developed at the Radiation Laboratory. These omissions, particularly the latter, should not be regarded as indication of editorial complacency; they result from lack of information by the authors. Many valuable radar systems and radar antenna mounts have been devised for use at 20 cm and longer wavelengths; many have been developed by industry and the armed services. These systems get only passing mention or none at all because of our reluctance to write about unfamiliar topics.