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My first report,
History
The history was compiled from Subbrit which has two pages that goes into detail on the relay staion, I will keep my history here brief check them out if you want to read a more extensive write up.
The ACE relay system was part of the wider SHAPE early warning, 49 tropospheric scatter links and 40 line-of-sight dishes spread from Norway to Turkey, this was supposed to be the fastest and most efficient way to relay information. Being part of a nuclear early warning system isn't specifically mentioned by Subbrit but I think that's it's implied primary purpose.
Today the property has a sign on the gate which reads "development land for sale".
My visit
On the way there my mate and I stopped to check out Friningham Manor. Unfortunately my tripod cracked after it fell down some missing stairs stairs - camera not attached thank God!
Today the buildings are empty, falling apart and contain very little if anything that links back to their use in the cold war. On arriving at the Relay station I realised that I hadn't charged my Camera battery
. With no tripod, one bar of battery and it being one of the shortest days of the year I pumped my ISO up and hoped for the best.
We had a wonder round the buildings then climbed the main tower and got halfway up the smaller wooden tower when we decided to head back down to ground level as opposed to have an ageing wooden rung snap under our feet.
Anyway pictures, (some of them were taken on a phone)
Approaching the site, the smaller wooden mast can be seen on the left and the larger mast can be seen on the right.
Conrad is sober, on Flick
I think its amazing that there is a mast made out of wood in the UK, shame it probably won't be there much longer.
Random sunbed,
Complete shell of a building,
Madly over exposed I know, In my defence my mate took this one.
Up the mast, we had a safety harness and took it in turns to go all the way up,
A rather miserably framed shot however it was so windy that my glove litrally flew of the deck as I took the picture.
Well that's it, Merry Christmas.
History
The history was compiled from Subbrit which has two pages that goes into detail on the relay staion, I will keep my history here brief check them out if you want to read a more extensive write up.
The ACE relay system was part of the wider SHAPE early warning, 49 tropospheric scatter links and 40 line-of-sight dishes spread from Norway to Turkey, this was supposed to be the fastest and most efficient way to relay information. Being part of a nuclear early warning system isn't specifically mentioned by Subbrit but I think that's it's implied primary purpose.
Today the property has a sign on the gate which reads "development land for sale".
My visit
On the way there my mate and I stopped to check out Friningham Manor. Unfortunately my tripod cracked after it fell down some missing stairs stairs - camera not attached thank God!
Today the buildings are empty, falling apart and contain very little if anything that links back to their use in the cold war. On arriving at the Relay station I realised that I hadn't charged my Camera battery
. With no tripod, one bar of battery and it being one of the shortest days of the year I pumped my ISO up and hoped for the best. We had a wonder round the buildings then climbed the main tower and got halfway up the smaller wooden tower when we decided to head back down to ground level as opposed to have an ageing wooden rung snap under our feet.
Anyway pictures, (some of them were taken on a phone)
Approaching the site, the smaller wooden mast can be seen on the left and the larger mast can be seen on the right.
Conrad is sober, on FlickI think its amazing that there is a mast made out of wood in the UK, shame it probably won't be there much longer.
Random sunbed,
Complete shell of a building,
Madly over exposed I know, In my defence my mate took this one.
Up the mast, we had a safety harness and took it in turns to go all the way up,
A rather miserably framed shot however it was so windy that my glove litrally flew of the deck as I took the picture.
Well that's it, Merry Christmas.
