Radio age research, manufacturing, communications, broadcasting, television (1941)

C. E. MOORE (center) POINTS OUT FEA- TURES OF RADIOMARINE'S 3.2-CENTI- METER RADAR TO TWO TECHNICIANS AT- TENDING THE TRAINING SCHOOL. MEMBERS OF A CLASS AT RADIOMARINE STUDY METHODS OF SERVICING AND MAINTAINING MODERN RADAR UNITS FOR SHIPBOARD USE. SCHOOL FOR RADAR Rad'tomar'tne Trains Company Technicians and Merchant Marine Officers to Operate and Maintain Modern Aids to Navigation. WHEN it became evident early this year that the success of the first demonstration of Radio- marine's 3.2-centimeter radar on the Great Lakes would create a de- mand for many additional installa- tions of these equipments, the com- pany hastened to establish a school to train personnel in the installa- tion, operation and servicing of the apparatus. Under the supervision of Charles E. Moore, Radiomarine engineer, a curriculum was ar- ranged and a staff of specialized instructors assembled to teach the classes at company headquarters, 75 Varick Street, New York City. The first classes were made up of experienced radio technicians and district managers selected from the company's 22 branch offices in this country and Canada, and from branch ofl^ces of the RCA Interna- tional Division in Cuba, South America, Norway and Sweden. The typical course, of two weeks duration, is divided into five main categories, each one taught by a specialist in that subject. Lectures which explain each part of the radar circuit are supplemented by lab- oratory exercises in which the trainees are directed to locate faults in the apparatus and return it to a workable condition. The final two days of the course are de- voted to a written test and a dis- cussion of the test papers. After attending the daily ses- sions, students are given required home-reading assignments to sup- plement the lectures and laboratory work. Factory-trained personnel of this type have installed a large part of the 100 radars delivered and put into operation by Radiomarine since the first of the year. These training facilities also are oflfered to Merchant Marine Offi- cers, who learn about the service in one of two ways. When incom- ing ships are met by a messenger from the American Seaman's Friend Society, the captain is given a copy of Radiomarine's Radar brochure. The messenger notes the Master's name and turns it in to Radiomarine. The latter then in- vites the captain to visit the Radar School for free instruction in the operation of the system and to view the radar in actual use. This service to marine officers is further extended through an ar- rangement made with Commander Gilbert C. Fonda, Officer in Charge of the Radar-Loran School, of the U. S. Maritime Commission in New York. Before entering the Course at Varick Street, these Merchant Marine Officers are given lectures on the fundamentals of Radioma- rine's Model CR-101 radar using an enlarged facsimile of the indi- cator unit and control panel in- stalled in Commander Fonda's classrooms. This is followed by a one-day operational training course at the Radiomarine plant. Already many ship officers have completed the training. Members of the school staff and the subjects they teach are: Melvin Meyer, Radar Receivers; William Turneau, Radar Antennas; Niles Barlow, Radar Transmitters; Rich- ard Scanlon, Synchronizing Units and Edward Smith, Practical As- pects of Radar and Methods of In- stallation. [RADIO AGE 29]