During the 70's RAF Saxa Vord was largely re-engineered with the aid of £10 Million of NATO funding. The Type 13 height-finder was finally retired and replaced by a Plessey HF200. After more than 20 years of service the Type 80 search radar was replaced by a new Marconi S649, with back-to back reflectors mounted on the same turntable.

Jul 27, 2010 · The S649 (also known as the Type 96) was to be the primary search radar until the arrival of the Type 93 in Oct 1993. The S649 had a back to back aerial array working in the L and S Bands (D & E/F Bands in more modern nomenclature).

Dec 22, 2009 · S649 - search radar. At the same time that the HF200 was being installed work was also in progress on a new search radar. This was the Marconi S649, also known as the Type 96. This had two large, back to back aerials housed in a radome.

Remote Radar Head Saxa Vord or RRH Saxa Vord (aka RAF Saxa Vord), is a Royal Air Force radar station located on the island of Unst, the most northern of the Shetland Islands in Scotland. As of July 2019 it is once more a fully operational radar station, [2] after closure in 2006. [3]

Nov 17, 2022 · RAF Neatishead’s T91 is at Trimingham and its T93 at Hopton, both coastal sites. Moving radars to alternative locations is regularly practised. SOC, CRC and CRP accommodations are all now hardened.

OVERVIEW: S649 (Type 96) "Saxa Vord" 2D search radar was installed to replace the Type 80. It's Long Range Early Waning radar used with HF 200 HF radar. DETAILS: RAF Saxa Vord was a radar station operated by the Royal Air Force.

Early version was RAF Type 90. Has 60 lines. Uses Twystron tube as output device. Better height information than S723. 8 beams over 30 degree n elevation on receive. Generates ninth beam by summing the eight individual beams 10Kw average power. Pulse compressed to 0.25uS. Marconi S723. Early Warning & Fighter Control. 132Kw

Jul 27, 2023 · The S649 (also known as the Type 96) was to be the primary search radar until the arrival of the Type 93 in Oct 1993. The S649 had a back to back aerial array working in the L and S Bands (D & E/F Bands in more modern nomenclature).

AMES, short Air Ministry Experimental Station, was the name given to the British Air Ministry's radar development team at Bawdsey Manor (afterwards RAF Bawdsey) in the immediate pre-World War II era. The team was forced to move on three occasions, changing names as part of these moves, so the AMES name applies only to the period between 1936 ...

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