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以下是作者之一Bill Jurens的回复:
Actually, Brad Fischer, the co-author, was the radar expert, but I think I can answer coherently anyway. The old Mark 3 versions seem to have used two (and sometimes three) displays, one showing range -- that's the picture shown in the article -- with another showing deflection and yet another showing error in elevation. The train operator had no range information, and used a simple display to move the antenna until the return signal was either a) at its maximum intensity, or b) dropping off equally in intensity to either side. Some units were equipped with an elevation control as well, not needed for surface fire control but useful when attempting to track aircraft.
These radars were evolving rapidly during the war and were installed on a variety of ships, so I suspect there were quite a number of variations regarding how the various displays were physically arranged. Illustration 'c' that you attached is also just a range display, though it includes a few additional ship returns that were more or less along the line of sight.
I will have to see if I can find my copy of ORD 657 again. I have a file number for it, but when I went to the file cabinet, it is missing, meaning it is probably laying around on a desktop somewhere. I will, over the next few days, take a few minutes to try and find it. My impression and recollection, however, was that there was really no effective way to measure deflection errors accurately. That's one important reason why optical equipment was retained even after radar rangefinding became common. It was, incidentally, still the case in the 1980's when I worked on the Iowa class Gunnery Improvement Program. Radar could do a much better job of rangefinding, but optics had no difficulty beating radar in deflection spotting.
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