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radome
[radar + dome]
DCHP-1 (pre-1967)
Entry from the DCHP-1 (pre-1967)
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n.
a rigid, domed structure housing radar equipment, the antennae revolving within the dome.
Quotations
1957
The radomes house electronic search equipment in the various air attack warning stations and are primarily protection for the complicated radar apparatus. The new, rigid dome developed in the U.S., will require less maintenance.
1957
Arctic blizzard, blowing against radome and insulated Atwell shelters during long winter night, adds to loneliness of 20-man DEW line auxiliary warning station on Boothia Peninsula.