Radar Vehicles

Les Freathy · #1 21-10-10, 19:00

Good subject Noel, heres a couple of RAF rvt trucks the second is a RVT 194 Mk1
cheers
Les

Noel Burgess · #2 22-10-10, 18:36

I have RVT 393 as an HF W.T. transmitter vehicle with RVT 394 as the accompanying receiver vehicle. These were used by a Forward Direction Post for wireless commuication with Group Controll Centre.
I have no dea what an RVT 194 was for, but note that the container style body is flat floor without the usual wheel arches as seen on the RVT 393 pcture.

Noel

Noel Burgess · #3 26-10-10, 19:24

Royal Air Force radar/radio (ground) has a quite complicated naming system:
First there is AMES - Air Ministry Experimental Station
Each type of radar has an AMES number
Each radar station or mobile unit has its own AMES number based on the type number
For example - Oboe as a system was known as AMES 9400
Mobile Oboe units/trains were AMES 9441; AMES 9442 Etc.

Then each vehicle had a RVT number - even GS lorries (tenders to the RAF) if they were attached to a radar/radio unit - I suspect that the RVT number sometimes related to the specific type of unit it was attached to so the same vehicle/equipment combination may have more than one RVT number.[I know of 2 RVT numbers relating to a 20KVa generator on Austin K6]

At least that is my current understanding

If anyone knows otherwise please correct me.

Cheers
Noel

Noel Burgess · #4 30-10-10, 00:36

Here's another one just to keep things going - a type 15 radar being errected. It is part of a MONAB base.
Picture from this site

Les Freathy · #5 21-11-10, 21:25

Not a radar vehicle but a couple of interesting trailers, they should fit in here OK

alamotex · #6 25-11-10, 01:39

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Originally Posted by Les Freathy

Not a radar vehicle but a couple of interesting trailers, they should fit in here OK

If that is not a radar trailer ,what is it ? Maybe a jamming device ? The side by side parabolic antenna dishes suggest a near micro wave frequency with a wave length somewhat longer than 10 cm.

Bob Carriere · #7 25-11-10, 02:48

.... the pictures posted by Les...... are very similar/same as pictures I have seen for sale by THE book dealer.... they were part of his 8 1/2 by 11 sets of British equipment...... we left them behind because they were not CMP related.....

Bob C