Gary Baker on Youtube.

[Problemchild]

Hello all. I'd listened to Gary being interviewed on an mp3 on the site a while back but I came across this series on youtube. Nice to see you Mr Baker
From about 6.10 in the first video:

[Problemchild]

Hi Problemchild

Thank you very much for posting this. Much appreciate it - great to get more content on the forum and in the public domain. However I am slowly loosing the will to live watching this. Can you summarise what he is saying.

Cheers,

St

Hi ST

It does take a while for Gary to get to the point. However in he does establish his credentials and set the scene in some detail. A summary would be, and I hope if Gary still looks in and will correct me if I'm mistaken, as follows.

RAF Neatishead had more than one Radar system, in fact had several.

If one system was down for maintenance or repair, scheduled or unscheduled the built in redundancy would still provide the same cover.

All radar data was filmed for training and evaluation purposes.

Data was shared with other radar stations and bases.

So the MOD statement that the Radar was switched off goes against everything that Gary experienced operationally and had learned in training.

Even if RAF Neatishead had ceased to exist other stations would have been able to cover the same area and fulfill the same function.

He has clear memories of conversations between personnel talking about the MOD removing Radar Tapes, confirmed by a colleague who served at the same time.

In a nutshell, he is saying that with his operational experience, his memories of the time, and his first hand experience of the SOP's, the MOD are either wrong or are lying concerning radar data from RAF Neatishead during the RFI.

Edit: Spelling!
PC

[Problemchild]

Mmm I think I need some clarification.

When the MOD talks of a "Radar Camera" are they referring to the Radar itself, a device that records the data on tape, or another optical device that records the radar screen.

To use an analogy. If the Radar screen were a television would the "camera" be a video-camera recording the screen optically and therefore independent of the TV. Or would it record the data on the screen the same way as a VCR would record a TV program?

The latter would make more sense but the former would leave the option for the radar to be fully functional but the recording of it optional.

Anybody know?