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  <dc:title>'Circuit diagrams of beacons' concerning Rebacca/Eureka project</dc:title>
  <dc:description>Contains a set of circuit diagrams from ASV beacon to Rebecca beacon, 'General layout' sheets, a list of circuit diagrams issued and three photographs of equipment, with a covering letter by R Trim. Also includes technical manuals for the use of equipment (in original envelopes).

R Trim was an engineer who started to work on Identification Friend or Foe (IFF) equipment in the mid-1950s. IFF had been developed as a means of positively distinguishing friendly from enemy aircraft. It relied on a piece of equipment aboard the aircraft, known as the 'transponder' (a receiver/transmitter).</dc:description>
  <dc:date>1990</dc:date>
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