Norwich certainly did have the first operational ACR430 - and a dire piece of kit it was too. To say the least, it was extremely hard work for something that was marketed as a pukka surveillance radar (i.e. not just for one-at-a-time SRAs as was the 424). Word obviously had not got around by 1979 as Bournemouth Airport then bought one to replace the ACRVI that the then-CAA took with them at the end of their ATC contract. Fortunately, the excellent IAL engineers were able to improve it such that it did sterling service throughout the 1980s.
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