Orange Yeoman, later known as AMES Type 82, was an early "3d" radar developed by the RRDE at Malvern South Site.
<p>It was originally developed as a medium-range system to provide information for the Yellow River radars directing anti-aircraft guns. This role later passed to the Red Shoes and Red Duster missiles, where Orange Yeoman would guide their illuminator radars for the initial "putting on".
</p><p>In 1963 the defensive role was passed to the RAF, where it gained the Type 82 name. It was used as the putting on system for the Bloodhound missile for a short period, before those missiles were moved to Europe in 1964.
</p><p>The now-unneeded radars found a second life in air traffic control, where they remained in operation at least into the 1980s and possibly 1990s.
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The antenna system is complex, consisting of the transmitter on the lower right, a lens system above it roughly centered, a reflector on the left, and eleven feed horns in a vertical stack on the near side of the lens. Operational units had another antenna on top, for receiving IFF signals.
Unknown RRE (British Army) photographer
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