If you have a bit of time for radio history... the intelligence, creativity
and resources that went into the first WW2 integrated radar system are
quite incredible considering the limitations of the time.

"To ensure that the stations did not broadcast at the same time, power from
the National Grid was used to provide a convenient phase-locked 50 Hz
signal that was available across the entire nation. Each station was
equipped with a phase-shifting transformer that allowed it to trigger at a
specific point on the Grid waveform, selecting a different point for each
station to avoid overlap. The output of the transformer was fed to a Dippy
oscillator that produced sharp pulses at 25 Hz, phase-locked to the output
from the transformer. The locking was "soft", so short-term variations in
the phase or frequency of the grid were filtered out. The system of spacing
the transmissions out in time was known as "running rabbits".

"Raid assessment was largely an acquired skill and continued to improve
with operator experience. In measured tests, experimenters found that
acquired skill was so great that experienced operators could often pick out
targets with returns less than the current signal-to-noise ratio. How this
was accomplished was a great mystery at the time - the operators were
spotting blips in static that was larger than the signal. It is currently
believed this is a form of stochastic resonance.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chain_Home

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