http://www.sickbritain.co.uk/2009/12/raf-chenies-radar-station-nov-2009/ Sat, 26 Jun 2010 10:44:01 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc http://www.sickbritain.co.uk/2009/12/raf-chenies-radar-station-nov-2009/comment-page-1/#comment-748 Steve Bacon Fri, 30 Apr 2010 04:55:38 +0000 http://www.sickbritain.co.uk/?p=1156#comment-748 Yeah, I was a techie at Chenies on the HF gear back in the early 80's. We played Chenies ball, had a gym and a volleyball court on the front car park. There was no Golf ball radar and the Radio Relay mast was still the original wooden mast in my day. Great times were had at Chenies - the small team of techies were really tight. Yeah, I was a techie at Chenies on the HF gear back in the early 80′s. We played Chenies ball, had a gym and a volleyball court on the front car park. There was no Golf ball radar and the Radio Relay mast was still the original wooden mast in my day.
Great times were had at Chenies – the small team of techies were really tight.

]]> http://www.sickbritain.co.uk/2009/12/raf-chenies-radar-station-nov-2009/comment-page-1/#comment-687 Grayhame Orlebar Sun, 03 Jan 2010 12:57:00 +0000 http://www.sickbritain.co.uk/?p=1156#comment-687 Spent some time here during my last 2 years in the RAF (1994 - 1996) when it was being used as an HF Transmitting station. The old radar rooms had long since been abandoned, and the site was only manned by a handful of personnel. The old "Operations Room" was used by the technicians there to play a game called "Chenies Ball". There would be a volleyball net across the centre of the room and the game played very much like volleyball, but bouncing the ball off the walls was permitted, and in fact, encouraged! I'm sure some of the old techies could tell you more about this, as I only visited occasionally from nearby RAF High Wycombe. Spent some time here during my last 2 years in the RAF (1994 – 1996) when it was being used as an HF Transmitting station. The old radar rooms had long since been abandoned, and the site was only manned by a handful of personnel. The old “Operations Room” was used by the technicians there to play a game called “Chenies Ball”. There would be a volleyball net across the centre of the room and the game played very much like volleyball, but bouncing the ball off the walls was permitted, and in fact, encouraged! I’m sure some of the old techies could tell you more about this, as I only visited occasionally from nearby RAF High Wycombe.

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