814 



interstage coupling network, IF ampli- 

 fier, 364-365 

 Irdome, 339 

 isodops, 731 



iso-echo contour circuitry, 769 

 isolator natural frequency, 703 



Jacobson, R. H., 705 



James, R. W., 225 n. 



jamming, radar systems and, 2, 15-16 



Janus system, 731-732, 739-741; errors 



caused by interactions with ground 



and water, 746-749 

 jittered range gate method, 501 

 Johnson, C. M., 216 n. 

 Johnson, J. B., 353 

 Johnson, J. C, 766 n. 

 Jones, R. F., 763 n. 

 Jones, R. N., 182 n. 

 J type display, 615 



Kagan, B. 668 n. 



Kahn, A., 607 n., 649 n. 



Kales, M. L., 562 n. 



Katzin, M., 192 n., 212 n., 216 



Kay, A. F., 533 n. 



K band, 779; see also transmission fre- 

 quency 



Kerr, D. E., 211 n., 760 n., 765 n. 



kill probability, interceptor, 58-59, 62- 

 68, 100-103; fire-control system and, 

 120; vectoring probability and, 105 



King, A. M., 395 n. 



Kirby, R. S., 182 n. 



klystron amplifier, 590-592 



klystron oscillator, 592-593; control 

 characteristics of, 408 



klystron tubes, 512; frequency devia- 

 tions of, 402-403; high-power charac- 

 teristics of, 593-596; vs. magnetrons, 

 596-597 



Kraus, John D., 169 n., 513 n. 



K type display, 615 



lambert, defined, 635 



land, reflection coefficient for, 186; see 



also ground 

 land-sea switch, 748 

 Laplace integral, 503 

 Laprade, R. H., 725 n. 

 launching errors, maximum allowable, 



123 



INDEX 



launching zone parameters, 118-120 



Laws, J. O., 231, 761 n. 



Lawson, J. L., 147 n., 193 n., 238 n., 

 261 n., 376 n. 



Lax, Benjamin, 558 n. 



lead-collision system, 120-124, 130-132 



lead-pursuit course inputs, 476 



LeCraw, R. C, 562 n. 



Lewis, B. L., 198 n., 398 n., 400 n. 



Lewis, W. D., 514 n. 



light amplifiers, 667-668 



limit-acuated automatic frequency con- 

 trol, 412-413 



linear array, 524-528 



linear balanced duplexer, 571 



linear receivers, 273 



lin-log amplifier, 781 



load factor, acceleration and, 707 



loading mismatch, 403 



lobe, 17; interference and, 187-188 



lobing frequency, 477-478 



lobing system, simultaneous, 203 



local oscillator characteristics, 413-414 



Locke, A. S., 14 n., 504 n., 745 



lock-on, 320; antenna design and, 520; 

 conversion probability and, 134-135; 

 false, 520, 524; on image, 207; search 

 volume and, 113 



lock-on range, 104, 110, 130-135 



logic, in weapons system model, 43, 67 



logistics environment, 36 



look-angle, 104-106, 112-113, 130-135 



low-altitude performance, doppler navi- 

 gation system, 752-754 



L type display, 615 



luminance, 635 



luminescence, 626 



MacDonald, F. C, 192 n., 214-215 n. 



McElvery, R. M., 530 n. 



maintenance and installation, 712-714 



magnetic circuits, 557-565 



magnetic tape storage, 310 



magnetron pulling, 403-405 



magnetrons, energy refleccion and, 541- 

 542; ferrite isolators and, 565; fixed- 

 frequency, 416; frequency deviations 

 of, 402; vs. klystrons, 596-597; loading 

 effect in, 588; mode skip in, 587; 

 moding in, 585-587; noise in, 588-589; 

 as oscillator, 580-590; resonant sys- 

 tem and, 582-583; typical perform- 



