The Y-Geräte or Y-device system, was a single-beam electronic distance measuring system used by the Luftwaffe in World War II to aid aircraft navigation.
In a previous video, we showed you the FuG16 ZY and touched on its essential role in Luftwaffe fighter group navigation. But we only covered the method of operation of the electronic distance ranging system in broad terms. In this video, we will look at the Y-device method in more detail and show you a demonstration of a Y ground station in simulated operation.
00:00 Introduction
00:12 The FuG16 ZY
00:24 Explaining the ZY name
00:50 Role of Y in Fighter groups
01:18 Battle of the Beams
01:29 Most Secret War
01:47 The X apparatus
02:20 Oslo Report
02:40 Dr Hans Mayer
02:52 Oslo text
03:10 Y station demonstration
03:23 How it works
04:17 Y station in action
05:31 Rechlin display tube
05:46 Using table data
06:10 Y-Device uses
06:29 The Y fighter
06:44 The Y antenna
07:11 And the Battle of the Beams?
07:29 Beam navigation abandoned
07:40 End and credits
To learn more about the Y distance measurement method, explore the following link for a good source for further reading.
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But if you want to learn about the Allied history with the Y beam system and where it stands in the "Battle of the Beams" during the early years of the second world war, then there is no better guide than "Most Secret War" by R.V.Jones (ISBN: 978-0-141-04382-4).#
This video was recorded at one of Europe's finest private collections of German avionics equipment, covering the early days of military radio communication and radar to the end of the vacuum tube era.
Presented by Dieter Beikirch with additional narration by Robert J Dalby.
Video produced by Astronomy and Nature TV
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