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01 Jul 2012 21:09 #181
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A few years ago I was told that one of the dishes off a WWII radar station had been lying at the side of the road for years. I went and spoke to the farmer, they were fairly new to the farm and had covered it over with turf. I tried asking around to see if there were any other surviving dishes and see if anyone was interested in recovering it but there was no interest.
I have been told that at another radar station everything was dumped over the cliffs when if closed around 1944 but bits could still be seen there comparitively recently.
Always wondered how much just got buried in the peat at remoter radar sites as they closed.
I have been told that at another radar station everything was dumped over the cliffs when if closed around 1944 but bits could still be seen there comparitively recently.
Always wondered how much just got buried in the peat at remoter radar sites as they closed.
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03 Jul 2012 19:39 #182
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I dug this up in a field not far from mine a few years ago, I took it to my local metal detecting club who asked me to leave with it very quickly !!
It is dated 1941 and is also marked 1-30 around the base.
It is 4 1/2" tall and weighs around 1kg.
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It is dated 1941 and is also marked 1-30 around the base.
It is 4 1/2" tall and weighs around 1kg.
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04 Jul 2012 04:36 #183
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It is a Time Fuze, Nose for a shell. The 30 (seconds) graduation on the setting ring indicates that it was for Anti-Aircraft requiring a longer delay. If you PM me with the other markings I might be able to ID it.
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04 Jul 2012 15:58 #184
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My other half is beginning to offer resistance to my hobby of picking up "scrap metal", "it's starting to look like Steptoe's yard", is the comment everytime I get something new (old) and display it in the garden.
Solution: Kick out G/F, and get a bigger shed !
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Looks like it's in a private garden?
My other half is beginning to offer resistance to my hobby of picking up "scrap metal", "it's starting to look like Steptoe's yard", is the comment everytime I get something new (old) and display it in the garden.
Solution: Kick out G/F, and get a bigger shed !
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04 Jul 2012 15:59 #185
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Stenigot dishes are still there!
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A few years ago I was told that one of the dishes off a WWII radar station had been lying at the side of the road for years. I went and spoke to the farmer, they were fairly new to the farm and had covered it over with turf. I tried asking around to see if there were any other surviving dishes and see if anyone was interested in recovering it but there was no interest.
I have been told that at another radar station everything was dumped over the cliffs when if closed around 1944 but bits could still be seen there comparitively recently.
Always wondered how much just got buried in the peat at remoter radar sites as they closed.
Stenigot dishes are still there!
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04 Jul 2012 17:49 #186
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Aren't they microwave link dishes rather than WWII radar dishes?
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Stenigot dishes are still there!
Aren't they microwave link dishes rather than WWII radar dishes?
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04 Jul 2012 19:23 #187
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Yes they are. From the Ace High system, long after WWII.
Yes, I'm back(ish).
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Aren't they microwave link dishes rather than WWII radar dishes?
Yes they are. From the Ace High system, long after WWII.
Yes, I'm back(ish).
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04 Aug 2012 09:07 #188
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15 Nov 2012 22:13 #189
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Found last weekend near a dispersed site, i'm thinking that they are light fitting holders, the bottle is for scale.
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16 Nov 2012 11:41 #190
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Plan A is always more effective when the problem you are working on understands that Plan B will involve the use of dynamite
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No - the bottle is for drinking. I'm impressed - Casillero del Diablo is in my opinion (and Decanter magazine) one of the finest and most reliable inexpensive wines available....the bottle is for scale.
Plan A is always more effective when the problem you are working on understands that Plan B will involve the use of dynamite
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