Chain Home, or CH for short, was the codename for the ring of coastal early warning radar stations built by the Royal Air Force (RAF) before and during...
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Chain Home Low (CHL) was the name of a British early warning radar system operated by the RAF during World War II. The name refers to CHL's ability to...
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List of former Royal Air Force stations (section Chain Home, Chain Home Low, Chain Home Extra Low, ROTOR and tropo-scatter stations)
the Chain Home Low sites were co-located with the larger Chain Home radars. Chain Home Extra Low equipment was co-located with "Chain Home" and "Chain Home...
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The Home chain of nightclubs was initially started at the height of popularity of house music. The chain was originally called "Jacobs" until being bought...
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technology that was used in coastal defence and was incorporated into Chain Home as Chain Home (low). Before the Second World War, researchers in the United Kingdom...
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1954) is a British billionaire businessman and the founder of retail chain Home Bargains. According to the Forbes in December 2024, Morris is worth $5...
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degree view of the sky around the station. Previous systems, notably Chain Home (CH), could only be directed along angles in front of the antennas, and...
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Home Hardware’s name and logo became official. In 1981, Home Hardware merged with western-Canada-based Link Hardware to create a national chain. Home...
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vicar is residing in the Vineyards. The Great Baddow Mast – a former Chain Home radar transmitter tower, originally sited at RAF Canewdon – was moved...
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dedicated land-line telephone network to rapidly collect information from Chain Home (CH) radar stations and the Royal Observer Corps (ROC) in order to build...
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cost of lowering range resolution. The canonical EW radar is the British Chain Home system, which entered full-time service in 1938. It used a very low pulse...
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version of this device, which entered service in 1938 under the code name Chain Home. This system provided the vital advance information that helped the Royal...
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CHAIN may refer to: CHAIN (industry standard), an acronym for Ceced Home Appliances Interoperating Network, a standard for a multi-brands home network...
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Downderry (section Chain Home bunkers)
the local area. During the Second World War Downderry was the site of a Chain Home radar installation. The remains of this installation are present and can...
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Georgia. The Home Depot entered the Mexican market in 2002 with the acquisition of the home improvement chain Del Norte. In addition, The Home Depot had...
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£24,000 in 1936 to establish a new research station for developing the Chain Home RDF (radar) system. RAF Bawdsey was a base through the Cold War until...
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RAF Ringstead (section Chain Home)
It is notable for having served three separate functions: first as a Chain Home early-warning radar station during WWII and then, during the Cold War...
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up chain in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. A chain is a series of connected links which are typically made of metal. Chain may also refer to: Chain mail...
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War II to detect and track aircraft. Chain Home proved decisive during the Battle of Britain in 1940. The Chain Home network was continually expanded, with...
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initially made up primarily of WWII-era systems, notably the original Chain Home radars for the early warning role, and the AMES Type 7 for plotting and...
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Thrumster, Chain Home Radar Station; Chain Home Low Radar Station | Canmore". canmore.org.uk. "Point Of Stoer, Meall An Sgriobain, Chain Home Low Radar...
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Chapman was in charge of installing 5 radar stations as part of the Chain Home system. Including the Netherbutton station in the parish of Holm, Orkney...
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AMES Type 7 (section Chain Home)
concept known as ground controlled intercept, or GCI. Earlier radars, like Chain Home (CH), provided the range and angle to a single target at a time. Arranging...
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Bain, Lincolnshire. It was built in 1938 by Blaw-Knox as part of the Chain Home early-warning radar network. Initially, the site's main feature was an...
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TJ Morris (section Home Bargains)
businesses, including the discount store chain Home Bargains. The main business of TJ Morris is the chain Home Bargains, which had 595 stores in the UK...
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advanced than its British counterpart, Chain Home. Freya operated on a 1.2 m (3.9 ft) wavelength (250 MHz) while Chain Home used 12 m. This allowed Freya to...
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hospital Cargo helicopter (U.S. military helicopter alpha-numeric prefix) Chain Home, a World War II radar array Heavy cruiser (U.S. Navy ship code CH, standing...
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Germans during World War II. It used the signals broadcast by the British Chain Home system as its transmitter, and a series of six stations along the western...
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Chain Home radar station at Kilkenneth and an RAF Chain Home Low radar station at Beinn Hough. These were preceded by a temporary RAF Advanced Chain Home...
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Suffolk, England. Also known as Bawdsey Research Station (BRS), the first Chain Home radar station was built there, characterized by eight tall masts, four...
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