Revision as of 11:22, 21 December 2012 edit Cmpltd (talk \| contribs) 149 edits m deleted factual error: 'The Swingate towers are the only Battle of Britain radar towers still in use' Not correct, there are several others: Great Baddow, Stenigot, Stoke Holy Cross etc. ~~~~ ← Previous edit		Revision as of 14:17, 14 January 2013 edit undo Cmpltd (talk \| contribs) 149 edits m added AMES 04 Dover ~~~ Next edit →
Line 21: [[File:Chain home.jpg\|thumb\|The Swingate towers were originally equipped with platforms like this one at [[Great Baddow]] in Essex, the only Chain Home radar tower to retain the original platforms.]] The '''Swingate transmitting station''' is a facility for FM-transmission in the village of [[Swingate, Kent\|Swingate]], near [[Dover]], [[Kent]] ({{gbmapping\|TR334429}}). For many years there were three lattice towers with a height of {{convert\|111\|m\|ft\|0}},. ~~which~~This ~~were~~station ~~built~~was ~~for~~one of the first 5 [[Chain Home]] ~~[[radar]]~~Radar ~~before~~stations completed in 1936 and was originally designated AMES ([[~~World~~Air ~~War~~Ministry IIExperimental Station]]) 04 Dover. The FM transmitting [[antennas]] are attached to what was the middle tower; [[microwave]] link dishes and [[mobile telephone]] antennas were spread across all three towers. The south tower was dismantled in March 2010. The Swingate towers no longer have the three cantilever platforms that were fitted originally.

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