Over the last weekend of February a Radar and Radio event was held at Bawdsey Manor. Some of the students went along to learn about the history of Radar and how it was researched on the school grounds.
Science teacher Dave Powis describes what was happening "The exhibition and radio event was to commemorate the demonstration of radar principles by Sir Robert Watson-Watt 75 years ago. Radar development in the UK moved to Bawdsey Manor in 1936, and the station was known as Bawdsey Research Station (BRS). So to recognise that we had the radio callsign GB 75 B R S.
With some helpers from local radio clubs, we managed to put up our aerials on Thursday afternoon, and on Friday we spoke to nearly 300 radio stations in 44 different countries around the world!
Bawdsey Manor is unique in the UK, in that it was not only the development centre for radar, but also remained an operational station too. The exhibition was there to explain some of the background to what we were doing and why it was so important".
The students found the exhibition fascinating and very informative, especially when they realized the history that surrounds the school and its buildings.
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