Former Swingate RAF1 Site

United Kingdom / England / Saint Margarets at Cliffe /

military, RAF - Royal Air Force, tropospheric scatter station, closed / former military

Former RAF microwave relay and Troposcatter communications site built to link the Chain Home/ROTOR and ACE High networks to mainland Europe. The tropo connection was through a 218 mile shot to the ACE High Primary Control Center at Lammersdorf, Germany.

www.subbrit.org.uk/features/ace-high-nato-communication...

Wikipedia article: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Allied_Command_Europe_Highband

Nearby cities:

Coordinates: 51°8'18"N 1°20'21"E

Shorncliffe Garrison 16 km
Hythe Ranges 23 km
Manston Airport (closed) 24 km
Lydd Training Camp 38 km
Lydd Ranges 42 km
WW2 Defence Boom 57 km
Foulness Proving Ground 59 km
RSME Chattenden and Lodge Hill Camp 66 km
Mereworth Military Training Area 72 km
Curtis’s and Harvey Ltd Explosives Factory 72 km

The Duke of York's Royal Military School 1.2 km
Eastern Docks / Dover Ferry Terminal 1.3 km
Port of Dover 2.2 km
Western Docks - Dover 2.8 km
Western Heights fortifications 3.5 km
Walmer and Kingsdown Golf Club 5.5 km
Samphire Hoe 6 km
Channel Tunnel 16 km
Dover Strait 22 km
Kent 42 km

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The Duke of York's Royal Military School Eastern Docks / Dover Ferry Terminal Port of Dover Western Docks - Dover Western Heights fortifications Walmer and Kingsdown Golf Club Samphire Hoe Channel Tunnel Dover Strait Kent