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Ventnor Radar

CH Masts at Ventnor 1939 - 1957 but this photo taken after 1942

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This green part of the site is dedicated to all those who served at RAF Ventnor. Use the following link for accounts of the author's service at
RAF West Kirby, Locking, Leeming and El Adem.
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FAQ : Ventnor? Where on earth might that be?
An account of service at RAF Ventnor with descriptions of the radar and additional information received from site visitors. Together these serve as a tribute to the remarkable Type 80 radar which guarded our country throughout the early part of the Cold War. At Ventnor for just one happy summer in 1957 as a nineteen year old newly trained Ground Radar Fitter, the author met his wife-to-be. Her father had been a war-time Operator at Ventnor and his service inspired the Chain Home page.
Please feel free to make contact, especially if you too served at Ventnor.

Complete index to the Ventnor pages

- Outline of Content - Click on picture.
"Take Leave" returns
Arrival at RAF Ventnor and first impressions of both domestic site and technical 'topsite'

About girls, beer and work, but mostly about the latter as that balmy summer drifted by

Sundry excitements and further and final events before being posted away

The mighty Decca Type 80 : an unparalleled state-of-the-art search radar of the fifties

What was to be found within an underground R1 'Hole'

The PDU : an ingenious projection radar PPI display which formed a dynamic plotting table

The nodding Type 13 centimetric heightfinder and its close relative the Type 14 search radar

Chain Home at Ventnor : the top-secret wartime equipment, how it was invented, worked and evolved. Links to RAF St. Lawrence & RAF Blackgang pages.

The cavity magnetron: the invention of which has an uncelebrated tenuous Ventnor connection

On Parade : a page devoted to those ex RAF Ventnor and other RAF personnel who have made contact, with links to several individuals' own contributions.

A Postscript which gives some idea of the site as it is today

Acknowledgements & Links

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Entire site text (except where marked otherwise) © 2007 D.C.Adams
Rotating Logo Type 80 & Type 7© 2006 N.J.Adams

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	Arrival at RAF Ventnor and first impressions of both domestic site and technical 'topsite'
	About girls, beer and work, but mostly about the latter as that balmy summer drifted by
	Sundry excitements and further and final events before being posted away
	The mighty Decca Type 80 : an unparalleled state-of-the-art search radar of the fifties
	What was to be found within an underground R1 'Hole'
	The PDU : an ingenious projection radar PPI display which formed a dynamic plotting table
	The nodding Type 13 centimetric heightfinder and its close relative the Type 14 search radar
	Chain Home at Ventnor : the top-secret wartime equipment, how it was invented, worked and evolved. Links to RAF St. Lawrence & RAF Blackgang pages.
	The cavity magnetron: the invention of which has an uncelebrated tenuous Ventnor connection
	On Parade : a page devoted to those ex RAF Ventnor and other RAF personnel who have made contact, with links to several individuals' own contributions.
	A Postscript which gives some idea of the site as it is today
	Acknowledgements & Links