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Orange Harvest was an ESM receiver fitted to marine patrol Avro Shackletons during the Cold War. Orange Harvest was an S band and X band radar warning receiver, capable of giving a directional bearing to surface ships or submarines that were transmitting radar emissions. Although less precise than the Shackleton's main ASV.21 search radar, it could give a greater detection range, provided that the target was emitting. As a passive system, it also had the advantage that it did not betray the aircraft's presence to its target. It has been described as, "Probably the most under-rated, and under-used, equipment on board". A particular target would be the I band RLK-101 ''Albatros'' (NATO Snoop Tray) and MRK-50 Snoop Pair radars used by the early Soviet nuclear submarines. As these boats could now run continually submerged, without even needing to snorkel, they were increasingly difficult to detect by previous methods, such as Autolycus or search radar. Electrically there were ...
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Avro Shackleton MR3 WR977 B (6806414794)
AVRO, short for Algemene Vereniging Radio Omroep ("General Association of Radio Broadcasting"), was a Dutch public broadcasting association operating within the framework of the Nederlandse Publieke Omroep system. It was the first public broadcaster in the Netherlands. In 2014 AVRO merged with fellow broadcaster TROS to form AVROTROS. History On 8 July 1923, Hilversumsche Draadlooze Omroep was launched by the Nederlandsche Seintoestellen Fabriek (in English: Dutch Transmitter Factory) under supervision of Willem Vogt. On 21 July 1923, it provided the very first regular radio broadcast in the Netherlands. In 1927 it changed its name into Algemeene Nederlandsche Radio Omroep (ANRO), followed soon by a merger with Nederlandsche Omroep Vereeniging (NOV). On 28 December 1927, the two merged broadcasters continued as Algemeene Vereeniging Radio Omroep (A.V.R.O., in English: "General Association of Radio Broadcasting"). In 1938, AVRO sponsored what was the strongest AVRO 1938 chess ...
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Orange Harvest Antenna, Avro Shackleton (4867396007)
Orange most often refers to: * Orange (fruit), the fruit of the tree species '' Citrus'' × ''sinensis'' ** Orange blossom, its fragrant flower *Orange (colour), from the color of an orange, occurs between red and yellow in the visible spectrum *Some other citrus or citrus-like fruit, see ''list of plants known as orange'' * ''Orange'' (word), both a noun and an adjective in the English language Orange may also refer to: Arts, entertainment, and media Films * ''Game of Life'' (film), a 2007 film originally known as ''Oranges'' * ''Orange'' (2010 film), a Telugu-language film * ''The Oranges'' (film), a 2011 American romantic comedy starring Hugh Laurie * ''Orange'' (2012 film), a Malayalam-language film * ''Orange'' (2015 film), a Japanese film * ''Orange'' (2018 film), a Kannada-language film Music Groups and labels * Orange (band), an American punk rock band, who formed in 2002 from California * Orange Record Label, a Canadian independent record label, founded 2003 ...
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