It always amazed me that the Germans never realised that most radar stations had buried reserve equipment. There are records of the Luftwaffe bombing a site, reporting it destroyed, but by the time they returned home the target was up and running again. The Germans seemed to think the places were rebuilt immediately. It wasn't until too late in the war, that they realised otherwise. I love your videos, and I often wonder, how long it will be before a site is lit up, or feels footsteps, again after your visit. Some, possibly hours. Others, maybe years - or never. It's an eerie thought. Keep up the good work!
Wish they would do something with all these historical site's then just let them fall apart like this so sad but great work guys much love and respect for what you do for us 🙏 brother's
Those WW2 Radar transmitters produced vast amounts of heat as they had a large number of vacuum tubes & early magnetrons (another British invention) that you could cook your dinner on! very interesting & I wonder if that old equipment got busted to pieces after the war, sad if it did. I will have to send you guys some snorkels & flippers if these places get any more flooded!
@@davidberriman5903 they did vent equipment,which was in the room to the right of the stairs,looking from the gas door but yes i gather it was warm enough all year round and even in use they had to use portable pumps to keep the water out. The buried reserves were never permanently manned apart from those used for other purposes later
You might already know this but you always step at the edges of the stair tread and never in the middle of the tread. Wood metal or concrete. Been there, done that.
Spent alot of time there as a kid in the 90's. At that time the shorter vents hadn't been capped like the are now. They were open and probably some of those sticks I'm guilty of dropping down. The main sliding doors still had the metal runners in tact although somewhat buried. We spent time digging them out and managed to jack the doors open enough to gain entry. It was already flooded back then. We thought as much after dropping stones down the shafts and hearing the splashes. I think that's probably my brother's can of Brut deodorant floating round there to 😂
@@IKS-Exploration pretty sure that land isn't part of that, it used to be just off the footpath, i'd have a look before the cliff is gone, because most of the footpath has eroded away! :/
A question for Mr IKS himself - Of all the bunkers you have viewed which one would you like to own AND convert into your own private dwelling? and why?
Thanks for the video very cool location your loyal fan Matthias from thuringia Germany I do not watch often, but have been with you for years. Lang, where you had only 18K Follwer where I came by, keep it up with my Rotharriger bearded friend :)
Oops rookie mistake. The transmitters were not on the surface, you mean the "pylons" are actually the aerial masts. The transmitters would be down in the bunker, as would the receivers, safe from the weather. It is a mistake I have seen before, when people call the Aerial mast the transmitter. There would likely to have been kilowatts of power for a Radar station.
11:34 graffiti artists always forget the sign of the "devil" is an inverted pentagram. Normal ones are supposed to ward off evil, not invoke it, so they are unknowingly warding off evil most of the time.
Nice that they had a protected back-up transmitter & receiver, but the reality is that an enemy just needed to destroy the antennas to render the site inoperative. Maybe they had plans & the ability to quickly erect replacement antennas & masts?
they did have back up plans,the buried reserves had 120ft masts of their own and there were convoys of mobile CH units,not as good as the permanent station but better than nothing. the closest the luftwaffe came to knocking out one of these sites was i believe ventnor where they destroyed part of the main feeder cable but it was the sheer number of UXBs that force them to evacuate the site and take the station off air
You would not be going down them due to an air raid, you would be up top and see the raid coming, then go below as they got closer if it looked like you were the target.
This is exploring true IKS style and loving it. Thanks for sharing and Greetings from WW2HistoryHunter
Howdy from me
What does the IKS stand for in this. Indigenous knowledge systems?
They should drain these places out and restore them
New subscriber from Canada here. I'm loving your videos, thanks so much.
A world opens for me with this video.
A location where I think will never come.
But can see now.
It always amazed me that the Germans never realised that most radar stations had buried reserve equipment. There are records of the Luftwaffe bombing a site, reporting it destroyed, but by the time they returned home the target was up and running again. The Germans seemed to think the places were rebuilt immediately. It wasn't until too late in the war, that they realised otherwise.
I love your videos, and I often wonder, how long it will be before a site is lit up, or feels footsteps, again after your visit. Some, possibly hours. Others, maybe years - or never. It's an eerie thought. Keep up the good work!
Wow what a find, shame these places are decaying away
Grounding rod to keep lightning off stairwell Ian Copper is gone!!!; ) Golden Gem's!!!; )
Very nice bunker and great find, would love to see all the water pumped out and put back to how it should look, thanks for showing Iks team😀👍
Wish they would do something with all these historical site's then just let them fall apart like this so sad but great work guys much love and respect for what you do for us 🙏 brother's
Those WW2 Radar transmitters produced vast amounts of heat as they had a large number of vacuum tubes & early magnetrons (another British invention) that you could cook your dinner on! very interesting & I wonder if that old equipment got busted to pieces after the war, sad if it did.
I will have to send you guys some snorkels & flippers if these places get any more flooded!
@@davidberriman5903 they did vent equipment,which was in the room to the right of the stairs,looking from the gas door but yes i gather it was warm enough all year round and even in use they had to use portable pumps to keep the water out.
The buried reserves were never permanently manned apart from those used for other purposes later
Another place full of golden gems indeed 👍🏻
great content folk keep it up
Very interesting site and wow the height of that airshaft, you know you’ve come across a good find when you see that
Excellent! Keep it up.
Another great find bro !!!!
The stairs are solid, except the missing one!
You might already know this but you always step at the edges of the stair tread and never in the middle of the tread. Wood metal or concrete. Been there, done that.
Spent alot of time there as a kid in the 90's. At that time the shorter vents hadn't been capped like the are now. They were open and probably some of those sticks I'm guilty of dropping down. The main sliding doors still had the metal runners in tact although somewhat buried. We spent time digging them out and managed to jack the doors open enough to gain entry. It was already flooded back then. We thought as much after dropping stones down the shafts and hearing the splashes. I think that's probably my brother's can of Brut deodorant floating round there to 😂
Where would the sleeping quarters been located exactly?
above group probably as this was only for protecting the equipment
there was only a chemical toilet and a rest room in the receiver ones but no dormitories
Wow wot a find from mark in Cornwall
Have you been in the Suffolk reserves? When you visited the rotor station?
No not been to that bit close to that school lol
@@IKS-Exploration pretty sure that land isn't part of that, it used to be just off the footpath, i'd have a look before the cliff is gone, because most of the footpath has eroded away! :/
Another nice find guys
IOWA here.
A question for Mr IKS himself - Of all the bunkers you have viewed which one would you like to own AND convert into your own private dwelling? and why?
a nice Cold War ROTOR bunker lots of space and well built! would love to get the whole place up and running wow :)
@@IKS-Exploration Any progress on that ROC bunker that is being built into a house ?
Very good floks. 👍
thumbs up.
Thanks for the video very cool location
your loyal fan Matthias from thuringia Germany I do not watch often, but have been with you for years. Lang, where you had only 18K Follwer where I came by, keep it up with my Rotharriger bearded friend :)
Oops rookie mistake. The transmitters were not on the surface, you mean the "pylons" are actually the aerial masts. The transmitters would be down in the bunker, as would the receivers, safe from the weather.
It is a mistake I have seen before, when people call the Aerial mast the transmitter.
There would likely to have been kilowatts of power for a Radar station.
11:34 graffiti artists always forget the sign of the "devil" is an inverted pentagram. Normal ones are supposed to ward off evil, not invoke it, so they are unknowingly warding off evil most of the time.
Could you guys tell us how deep each bunker is please?
Nice that they had a protected back-up transmitter & receiver, but the reality is that an enemy just needed to destroy the antennas to render the site inoperative. Maybe they had plans & the ability to quickly erect replacement antennas & masts?
Good thinking,kinda like a mobile transmitter but i would also think that it would be covered with trees or camouflage
Tim the antennas would have been two masts with wires hung between them and from what I read were quite difficult to destroy from the air.
they did have back up plans,the buried reserves had 120ft masts of their own and there were convoys of mobile CH units,not as good as the permanent station but better than nothing.
the closest the luftwaffe came to knocking out one of these sites was i believe ventnor where they destroyed part of the main feeder cable but it was the sheer number of UXBs that force them to evacuate the site and take the station off air
I would not of wanted to go down those steps in an air raid in a hurry!
You would not be going down them due to an air raid, you would be up top and see the raid coming, then go below as they got closer if it looked like you were the target.
Again insane ...proper flooded was it cold
And I really wonder if there are some bunkers half full that could be dug out
It's a a good man cave
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