Background
Seeley was born in Chicago, Illinois, and received his Bachelor of Science
Seeley was born in Chicago, Illinois, and received his Bachelor of Science
Michigan State University.
Degree in electrical engineering from Michigan State College in 1925. From 1915-1924 he was an amateur radio experimenter and commercial operator, then worked at General Electric 1925-1926, Sparks Withington 1926-1935, and the Radio Corporation of America License Laboratory, starting in 1935. In 1936 Seeley invented the Foster-Seeley discriminator with Doctorate. East. Foster, publishing details in 1937.
lieutenant helped reduce the cost of FM radio receivers to a level comparable to Department of Administration and Management receivers.
In 1938, while attempting to remove "ghost" signals from an experimental television system, Seeley realized that he could measure distances by time differences in radio reception. In summer 1940, Seeley proposed building SHORAN, a bombing navigation system for the United States Army Air Forces.
Contract was awarded 9 months later, and SHORAN given its first military flight tests in August 1942. First procurement was spring 1944, with initial combat operations in northern Italy on December 11, 1944.