Ground Radar


Ground radar stations carry type numbers prefixed by the letters A.M.E.S. (Air Ministry Experimental Station).
The main systems are also given code letters the commonest of which are:
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Early Warning equipments CH
CHL
CHEL
CHB
COL
MRU
L.W. Set
Chain Home
Chain Home Low
Chain Home Extra Low
Chain Home Beamed
Chain Overseas Low
Mobile Radio Unit
Light Warning Set
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Height Finding equipments VEB
DMH
CMH
Variable Elevation Beam
Decimetre Height Finding
Centimetre Height Finding
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Control of Aircraft from the ground GCI Ground Controlled Interception-Control of aircraft from the ground