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Old 1st December 2018, 21:23
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"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?

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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.
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Re: "ROOSTER" procedure

Thanks, that makes sense.
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Re: "ROOSTER" procedure

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