Air Ministry Experimental Stationとは 意味・読み方・使い方

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 Ground-controlled interception (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 - Marconi
• AMES Type 14, 10 cm surveillance radar - Marconi
• 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 - Marconi
• 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