"Captain Beeky" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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> The plan was
>
>> Today I will be helping on the return leg. The weather report and
>> our barometer suggest reduced clemency.
>
>
> All very tidy. Just one point of note - whilst waiting in Lydney
> harbour with about 12 feet of wall all around us, we failed to contact
> Sharpness VHF on a handheld radio. However, the cruiser Welded Bliss
> did raise a response from her first call, her aerial being mounted
> aloft. I wonder if BW were on tea break or whether the extra 10 feet or
> so of aerial height makes all that difference. I believe I read that
> VHF works on line of sight, which seems to be the case.
True, we had an American drilling crew who's handheld VHF sets where on the
Coastguard Private frequency, not a problem 60 miles offshore, but when
they were at the top of the drilling derick Great Yarmouth Coastguard picked
them up load and clear. I phone call to us soon had the frequency changed.
--
Brian Ancient Order of Sewer Ants
>
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