Air Ministry Experimental Station

AMES or Air Ministry Experimental Station was the way of identifying RAF radar types during and after World War II

*AMES Type 1, Chain Home (CH) - Early Warning
*AMES Type 2, Chain Home Low (CHL) - Early Warning, LOW altitude
*AMES Type 3, Type 1 and Type 2 operating in close proximity
*AMES Type 4, Overseas Chain Home, also known as Intermediate CO or CO/ICH
*AMES Type 5, Chain Overseas Low (COL)
*AMES Type 6, Light Warning Set
*AMES Type 7, Final static GCI station (Happidrome)
*AMES Type 8, Various marks of GCI radars, mobile and semi-static
*AMES Type 9, Mobile Chain Home
*AMES Type 10, Mobile Air Transportable System
*AMES Type 11, Mobile sets as possible standby should 1.5 m CHL/GCI be jammed
*AMES Type 12, Low Frequency transportable Chain Home Low.
*AMES Type 13, 10 cm "Nodding" Height Finder. Transmitter and Receiver of Naval Type 277
*AMES Type 14, 10 cm surveillance radar
*AMES Type 15, GCI radar, mobile version of Type 7
*AMES Type 16, Fighter Direction Station
*AMES Type 17, Fighter Direction (abandoned)
*AMES Type 18, CHL/GCI Modified Type 11 Mk2 (H) with height finding (abandoned)
*AMES Type 19, GCI Final Standby Type
*AMES Type 20, Decimetric Height Finder
*AMES Type 21, Tactical Control. Five vehicle GCI convoy
*AMES Type 22, GCI / COL (similar to AMES Type 11)
*AMES Type 23, LOMAN Overseas LORAN system
*AMES Type 24, Long range 10 cm Height Finder
*AMES Type 25, Experimental CHL
*AMES Type 26, GCI British version of American MEW (Microwave Early Warning)
*AMES Type 27, Air Transportable GCI
*AMES Type 28, CMH Air transportable Height Finder
*AMES Type 29, CHEL (Chain Home Extra Low) Air transportable (abandoned)
*AMES Type 30, CD (Coast Defence) / CHL (Admiralty only)
*AMES Type 31, CHEL CD in wooden hut
*AMES Type 32, CHEL CD - Nissen hut - none built
*AMES Type 33, CHEL CD - brick built
*AMES Type 34, CHEL CD 200 ft tower

*AMES Type 37, CHEL CD

*AMES Type 40, CD/CHL
*AMES Type 41, CHEL
*AMES Type 42, CHEL
*AMES Type 43, CHEL
*AMES Type 44, CHEL

*AMES Type 46, CHEL
*AMES Type 47, CHEL
*AMES Type 48, CHEL

*AMES Type 50, CHEL
*AMES Type 7000, 30-60 MHz Hyperbolic navigation system - GEE ground station
*AMES Type 9000, Transponder-based navigation system - Oboe ground station

Post-War

*AMES Type 80, 2.850/3.050 GHz 1 MW S-Band Early Warning radar - a.k.a. Green Garlic
*AMES Type 82, 3 GHz 3D Early Warning and tactical control radar for Bristol Bloodhound - a.k.a. Orange Yeoman
*AMES Type 83, 4 GHz/10 GHz mobile tactical control radar for Bristol Bloodhound 1 - a.k.a. Yellow River, "Stingray"
*AMES Type 85, 2.75/3.2 5 GHz, 54 MW - improved high-power version of AMES Type 82 - a.k.a. Blue Yeoman
*AMES Type 86, 10 GHz mobile CW target illuminator radar for Bristol Bloodhound 2 - a.k.a. Blue Anchor, "Firelight"
*AMES Type 87, 3 GHz 600 kW - balloon-borne Early Warning radar - a.k.a. Blue Joker
*AMES Type 88, 1.3 GHz/3 GHz Tactical Control/Surveillance radar - used in conjunction with AMES Type 89 - pair a.k.a. Green Ginger
*AMES Type 89, 3 GHz Tactical Control Height Finder - used in conjunction with AMES Type 88 - pair a.k.a. Green Ginger

ee also

* Telecommunications Research Establishment
* Royal Radar Establishment
* Royal Signals and Radar Establishment
* Signals Research and Development Establishment

References

* Bragg, Michael., "RDF1 The Location of Aircraft by Radio Methods 1935-1945", Hawkhead Publishing, Paisley 1988 ISBN 0-9531544-0-8 The history of ground radar in the UK during WWII
* Latham, Colin & Stobbs, Anne., "Radar A Wartime Miracle", Sutton Publishing Ltd, Stroud 1996 ISBN 0-7509-1643-5 A history of radar in the UK during WWII told by the men and women who worked on it.
* [http://www.radarpages.co.uk/mob/types/types1.htm Radar Types]
* [http://home.btconnect.com/gmb/airequip.htm Air Ministry equipment numbers]