What's This Then?

I spotted this on the South Camp at RAF Sealand. It was a surprising place to see it and an interesting second life for it.

mobile control tower, wood replacing glass?? looks a bit like the one in shuttelworth??

Some sort of Faraday cage?

OneEighthBit;38797 wrote:

Some sort of Faraday cage?

You beat me to it.

Graham

Every flying station had one of these but not in this location. Find attached a better picture

If it isn't a Cage for housing Faradays!, could it accommodate pigeons .

Graham

Carnaby;38841 wrote:

If it isn't a Cage for housing Faradays!, could it accommodate pigeons .

Graham

I would agree. Could be a pigeon loft, most WWII airfields had them. Whether or not the wood frame would survive the elements for 60-70 years is another question:confused: (Didn't know Faraday was a type of pigeon:lol:)

I think it's a cage (maybe Farraday) used for setting (working on) compass, and some radio aids type equipment ? The mesh removes all outside influences ????
Maybe talking billocks but had to say something ???

Keith.

Periodically, the Sarah and I guess later Sarbe beacons were removed from the aircrew Mae Wests and tested in them. This was to my recollection generally assigned to the most recent and junior arrival in RSF. It was not a popular job as it was cramped with the bench and test equipment in situ and the d****d aerials kept squirting out of inexperienced hands when attempts were made to reload them. It was however at other times an excellent place to go and read when things were slack.
I do understand that faraday cages were used for ECMs etc on some stations but this was a standard fixture on all flying stations.
I would not have enjoyed playing with the 5Kv driving an ECM in one of them. An acquaintance of mine alleges whilst leaning across Orange Putter, which was at the time strapped to a test gimbal, he inserted his thigh across an 8 Kv klystron source and with a dramatic flash drilled a hole through his thigh. He says he was rushed to sick quarters where he was treated with the straight faced, sympathetic words of “Shocking, shocking”
The cage shown was at the back of the Rugby Club at Sealand and was used for many years to store beer barrels. I don’t know how it was acquired but neither did Cheshire Police ever find who borrowed their coffin and skeleton.

ColinBa;38961 wrote:

Sarah, Sarbe beacons, d****d aerials, ECMs, 5Kv driving an ECM in one of them. Orange Putter, test gimbal, an 8 Kv klystron source..

err....never mind..:confused:.......