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Nick Beale

1st December 2018 20:23

"ROOSTER" procedure

I've seen several references to this procedure being used in the Mediterranean to home a strike force (air or naval) on to shipping targets located by RAF shadowing aircraft. The trouble is, everything I've read assumes that the reader already knows how it worked.

So was ROOSTER a radio transmitter, radar reflector, transponder or … what?

Thanks in advance.

RSwank

1st December 2018 21:18

Re: "ROOSTER" procedure

Rooster is discussed on page 376 under items 28 and 29.

Click on the page shown on the link to get to the full page, then it drag up and down to read:

https://books.google.com/books?id=7u...ooster&f=false

It appears that "Rooster" was a modification of an IFF Mark II transponder.

Nick Beale

1st December 2018 22:55

Re: "ROOSTER" procedure

Thanks, that makes sense.

Bruce Dennis

1st December 2018 23:53

Re: "ROOSTER" procedure

Hi Nick,
If you need more information, there are files at TNA in the AIR and AVIA series.
Bruce

RSwank

2nd December 2018 01:38

Re: "ROOSTER" procedure

The US also used the term Rooster for the same purpose/meaning.
Search for "rooster" on this page.
http://www.ibiblio.org/hyperwar/USN/.../Radar-13.html

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