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- Fuzzbuster Elite Radar Detector, 1979-1980 - This Fuzzbuster Elite helped motorists detect police radar as they sped down America's highways. The original Fuzzbuster had been around since the late 1960s and its name has become synonymous for police radar detectors. Radar detectors caught on when the 1970s energy crisis led to a nationwide 55-mph speed limit to reduce gasoline consumption.
- 1979-1980
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Fuzzbuster Elite Radar Detector, 1979-1980
This Fuzzbuster Elite helped motorists detect police radar as they sped down America's highways. The original Fuzzbuster had been around since the late 1960s and its name has become synonymous for police radar detectors. Radar detectors caught on when the 1970s energy crisis led to a nationwide 55-mph speed limit to reduce gasoline consumption.
- Horizontal Air Traffic Controller Radar Display Plaque, circa 2001 - Federal oversight of air traffic control began in 1938, but radar technology -- greatly improved during World War II -- was not widely implemented until the late 1950s. Detroit Metro Airport received one of the first computer-integrated radar scopes capable of displaying an airplane's identification number and altitude directly on the screen. This plaque commemorates that unit, used from 1970 to 2001.
- circa 2001
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Horizontal Air Traffic Controller Radar Display Plaque, circa 2001
Federal oversight of air traffic control began in 1938, but radar technology -- greatly improved during World War II -- was not widely implemented until the late 1950s. Detroit Metro Airport received one of the first computer-integrated radar scopes capable of displaying an airplane's identification number and altitude directly on the screen. This plaque commemorates that unit, used from 1970 to 2001.
- Varian VA-201B Klystron Tube, circa 1955 - The klystrom is a vacuum tube that amplifies high-range radio frequencies; it is an essential factor in the history of radar, microwave, and telecommunications. Klystroms also power UHF television, particle accelerators, and radiation therapy equipment. In 1937, brothers Russell and Sigurd Varian invented the klystrom, and founded Varian Associates -- one of the first technology companies in Silicon Valley.
- circa 1955
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Varian VA-201B Klystron Tube, circa 1955
The klystrom is a vacuum tube that amplifies high-range radio frequencies; it is an essential factor in the history of radar, microwave, and telecommunications. Klystroms also power UHF television, particle accelerators, and radiation therapy equipment. In 1937, brothers Russell and Sigurd Varian invented the klystrom, and founded Varian Associates -- one of the first technology companies in Silicon Valley.
- Fuzzbuster Radar Detector Ad, 1978 - This 1978 Fuzzbuster advertisement equates the warning light of the Fuzzbuster with a car's taillight. Both are signals alerting motorists to slow down. The device warned speeding drivers of police radar being used up ahead.
- 1978
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Fuzzbuster Radar Detector Ad, 1978
This 1978 Fuzzbuster advertisement equates the warning light of the Fuzzbuster with a car's taillight. Both are signals alerting motorists to slow down. The device warned speeding drivers of police radar being used up ahead.
- Continental Electric Co., Inc. Type CC-21991 Motor Generator Unit -
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Continental Electric Co., Inc. Type CC-21991 Motor Generator Unit
- Radar Component -
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Radar Component
- General Electric Type CG-23ADS Antenna Mount, circa 1950 -
- circa 1950
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General Electric Type CG-23ADS Antenna Mount, circa 1950
- Burroughs "AN/FST-2 Identification Friend or Foe/Selective Identification Feature (IFF/SIF)," for the SAGE Air Defense Radar System, 1960 -
- 1960
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Burroughs "AN/FST-2 Identification Friend or Foe/Selective Identification Feature (IFF/SIF)," for the SAGE Air Defense Radar System, 1960
- General Electric Type CG-43ABV Radar Transmitter-Receiver -
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General Electric Type CG-43ABV Radar Transmitter-Receiver
- Radar Base -
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Radar Base