{"id":16926,"date":"2016-01-20T11:41:30","date_gmt":"2016-01-20T15:41:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/?p=16926"},"modified":"2016-01-20T11:41:30","modified_gmt":"2016-01-20T15:41:30","slug":"historic-bawdsey-radar-site-receives-1-4-million-grant-from-the-uk-government","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2016\/01\/historic-bawdsey-radar-site-receives-1-4-million-grant-from-the-uk-government\/","title":{"rendered":"Historic Bawdsey Radar site receives \u00a31.4 million grant from the UK government"},"content":{"rendered":"
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(Source: Bawdsey Radar)<\/p><\/div>\n

Many thanks to SWLing Post<\/em> contributor, Dan Robinson, for sharing this article about the historic Bawdsey Radar site<\/a>:<\/p>\n

(Source: Engaget<\/a>)<\/p>\n

\"save-radar\"A radar site<\/a> considered by some to be as historically important as Bletchley Park will be preserved, thanks to a \u00a31.4 million ($2 million) grant from the UK government. The Bawdsey facility in eastern England, established in 1938, was the world’s first operational radar station. The then-brand new technology helped the allied forces win the Battle of Britain, and some historians think it may have shortened World War II by as much as two years. The facility was closed in 1991, and is on Britain’s “at-risk” heritage list because of structural issues and water damage.<\/em><\/p>\n

According to the preservation group Bawsdey Radar, construction work will start in September 2016 and the building will open to visitors in September 2017. The goal is not just to conserve it, but also to unveil a new visitor exhibition featuring physical and virtual displays. The UK’s “Heritage At Risk” adviser John Ett\u00e9 said the facility “played a vital part in the development of radar technology during [WWII], and had a huge impact on post-war electronics and defense system,” including GPS, water technology, radar guns and the microwave oven.[…]<\/em><\/p>\n

Continue reading at Engaget…<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, Dan Robinson, for sharing this article about the historic Bawdsey Radar site: (Source: Engaget) A radar site considered by some to be as historically important as Bletchley Park will be preserved, thanks to a \u00a31.4 million ($2 million) grant from the UK government. The Bawdsey facility in eastern England, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[3,305,288],"tags":[4687,4689,2635,4688,676,1301],"class_list":["post-16926","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","category-nostalgia","category-radio-history","tag-bawdsey-radar","tag-bletchley-park","tag-dan-robinson","tag-radar","tag-wwii","tag-wwii-radio"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pn3uc-4p0","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":42130,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2020\/02\/the-birth-of-radar-memorial\/","url_meta":{"origin":16926,"position":0},"title":"The Birth of Radar Memorial","author":"Thomas","date":"February 28, 2020","format":false,"excerpt":"Many thanks to\u00a0SWLing Post\u00a0contributor,\u00a0Paul Evans, who writes: Interesting article on the new monument to radar between Daventry and Towcester in Northamptonshire, UK. https:\/\/www.atlasobscura.com\/places\/birth-of-radar-memorial Legend has it that this was conducted around 25-28 MHz, which was the very top end of higher power RF at the time. 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