I do not recall any other pictures of a large radar unit of this type on the top of a chequer board hill in Hong Kong
I'm presuming this is at Kowloon Tsai Park?
The date of the image is only a guess.
Chequer board hill with radar unit on top
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Submitted by IDJ
Date picture taken (may be approximate):
Wednesday, June 15, 1960
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- Chequer board hill with radar unit on top shows Place Checkerboard Hill [????- ]
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Checkerboard Hill
Yes, it is Checkerboard Hill The airport radar unit was located at the eastern side of the hill. In a video of a Swissair Convair CV990 landing at Kai Tak in 1964, a close-up of the radar can viewed here at 7:56 during the aircraft's approach towards Checkerboard Hill. Enjoy the old photos and views of Kai Tak.
Checkerboard Hill
Nice government pictures and interesting video
I must have missed seeing that Radar installation as I always tried to get a seat on the right-hand 'low' side of the aircraft for the big turn onto the runway. Sat on the left-hand checkerboard hill side all you usually saw was the sky during the turn
Faded checkerboard
When I was there this last month, the color has faded a lot, the view is also blocked by trees.
Chequer board hill with radar unit on top
There is still a structure at that location, just nothing mounted on the roof
The checkers have been
The checkers have been refurbished brightly lately, some trees have even been removed, so the view are not as blocked as before.
IDJ's picture reminded me of what I saw from my windows decades ago...
The checkers have been
By the way, they have also added safety rails and access to lower tiers this year. It was quite a hairy place to stand before the rails. Still a precipitous drop tho!
Post War Civilian Radar Installation
Photos of the Marconi S264 radar installation on Checkerboard Hill can be viewed here and here