RE: [backstage] A familiar face...
I have been told that no sailors listen to the Shipping Forecast - can this be true? Best wishes Robert Binney From: owner-backst...@lists.bbc.co.uk [mailto:owner-backst...@lists.bbc.co.uk] On Behalf Of Brian Butterworth Sent: 11 April 2011 05:43 To: backstage@lists.bbc.co.uk Subject: [backstage] A familiar face... There's a rather familiar face on the front page of the paper version of Media Guardian this morning, just below Rupert and Rebekah. B
Re: [backstage] A familiar face...
On 18 May 2011, at 14:23, Robert Binney wrote: I have been told that no sailors listen to the Shipping Forecast - can this be true? Well - if you have the money (and enough battery power and ample of pricey thermal paper) - you get it off your navtex(1) or from the met-office feed of immarsat(2). But I've found myself in a situation more than once where knowing that you could be having _reliable_ warnings with just a simple battery radio independent of it all was very reassuring. Dw. 1: http://www.frisnit.com/cgi-bin/navtex/view.cgi?NAVAREA=1action=browseTYPE=24H - the MET ones. 2: http://www.opc.ncep.noaa.gov/shtml/UKMHSFAT - Sent via the backstage.bbc.co.uk discussion group. To unsubscribe, please visit http://backstage.bbc.co.uk/archives/2005/01/mailing_list.html. Unofficial list archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/backstage@lists.bbc.co.uk/
Re: [backstage] A familiar face...
Every boat I've be a crew on always tunes in. Although the 1979 Fastnet Race is often mentioned... Tom On 18/05/2011 14:35, Dirk-Willem van Gulik di...@webweaving.org wrote: On 18 May 2011, at 14:23, Robert Binney wrote: I have been told that no sailors listen to the Shipping Forecast - can this be true? Well - if you have the money (and enough battery power and ample of pricey thermal paper) - you get it off your navtex(1) or from the met-office feed of immarsat(2). But I've found myself in a situation more than once where knowing that you could be having _reliable_ warnings with just a simple battery radio independent of it all was very reassuring. Dw. 1: http://www.frisnit.com/cgi-bin/navtex/view.cgi?NAVAREA=1action=browseTYPE=24 H - the MET ones. 2: http://www.opc.ncep.noaa.gov/shtml/UKMHSFAT - Sent via the backstage.bbc.co.uk discussion group. To unsubscribe, please visit http://backstage.bbc.co.uk/archives/2005/01/mailing_list.html. Unofficial list archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/backstage@lists.bbc.co.uk/ - Sent via the backstage.bbc.co.uk discussion group. To unsubscribe, please visit http://backstage.bbc.co.uk/archives/2005/01/mailing_list.html. Unofficial list archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/backstage@lists.bbc.co.uk/
RE: [backstage] A familiar face...
If I'm out on the water I'd listen via the coastguard MSI bulletin on VHF, rather than tune in to Radio 4. But it's still the shipping forecast either way. -Original Message- From: owner-backst...@lists.bbc.co.uk [mailto:owner-backst...@lists.bbc.co.uk] On Behalf Of Tom Scott Sent: 18 May 2011 15:00 To: backstage@lists.bbc.co.uk Subject: Re: [backstage] A familiar face... Every boat I've be a crew on always tunes in. Although the 1979 Fastnet Race is often mentioned... Tom On 18/05/2011 14:35, Dirk-Willem van Gulik di...@webweaving.org wrote: On 18 May 2011, at 14:23, Robert Binney wrote: I have been told that no sailors listen to the Shipping Forecast - can this be true? Well - if you have the money (and enough battery power and ample of pricey thermal paper) - you get it off your navtex(1) or from the met-office feed of immarsat(2). But I've found myself in a situation more than once where knowing that you could be having _reliable_ warnings with just a simple battery radio independent of it all was very reassuring. Dw. 1: http://www.frisnit.com/cgi-bin/navtex/view.cgi?NAVAREA=1action=browse TYPE=24 H - the MET ones. 2: http://www.opc.ncep.noaa.gov/shtml/UKMHSFAT - Sent via the backstage.bbc.co.uk discussion group. To unsubscribe, please visit http://backstage.bbc.co.uk/archives/2005/01/mailing_list.html. Unofficial list archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/backstage@lists.bbc.co.uk/ - Sent via the backstage.bbc.co.uk discussion group. To unsubscribe, please visit http://backstage.bbc.co.uk/archives/2005/01/mailing_list.html. Unofficial list archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/backstage@lists.bbc.co.uk/ - Sent via the backstage.bbc.co.uk discussion group. To unsubscribe, please visit http://backstage.bbc.co.uk/archives/2005/01/mailing_list.html. Unofficial list archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/backstage@lists.bbc.co.uk/
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Back in the day we used to have photocopies sheets with the areas listed and you'd jot in the forecast off the radio. I have just recalled that day was 20 years ago. Bugger. On Wed, May 18, 2011 at 3:21 PM, Gareth Davis gareth.da...@bbc.co.ukwrote: If I'm out on the water I'd listen via the coastguard MSI bulletin on VHF, rather than tune in to Radio 4. But it's still the shipping forecast either way. -Original Message- From: owner-backst...@lists.bbc.co.uk [mailto:owner-backst...@lists.bbc.co.uk] On Behalf Of Tom Scott Sent: 18 May 2011 15:00 To: backstage@lists.bbc.co.uk Subject: Re: [backstage] A familiar face... Every boat I've be a crew on always tunes in. Although the 1979 Fastnet Race is often mentioned... Tom On 18/05/2011 14:35, Dirk-Willem van Gulik di...@webweaving.org wrote: On 18 May 2011, at 14:23, Robert Binney wrote: I have been told that no sailors listen to the Shipping Forecast - can this be true? Well - if you have the money (and enough battery power and ample of pricey thermal paper) - you get it off your navtex(1) or from the met-office feed of immarsat(2). But I've found myself in a situation more than once where knowing that you could be having _reliable_ warnings with just a simple battery radio independent of it all was very reassuring. Dw. 1: http://www.frisnit.com/cgi-bin/navtex/view.cgi?NAVAREA=1action=browse TYPE=24 H - the MET ones. 2: http://www.opc.ncep.noaa.gov/shtml/UKMHSFAT - Sent via the backstage.bbc.co.uk discussion group. To unsubscribe, please visit http://backstage.bbc.co.uk/archives/2005/01/mailing_list.html. Unofficial list archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/backstage@lists.bbc.co.uk/ - Sent via the backstage.bbc.co.uk discussion group. To unsubscribe, please visit http://backstage.bbc.co.uk/archives/2005/01/mailing_list.html. Unofficial list archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/backstage@lists.bbc.co.uk/ - Sent via the backstage.bbc.co.uk discussion group. To unsubscribe, please visit http://backstage.bbc.co.uk/archives/2005/01/mailing_list.html. Unofficial list archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/backstage@lists.bbc.co.uk/ -- Ant Miller tel: 07709 265961 email: ant.mil...@gmail.com
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Still do. I had to prove I could draw a weather map from a single listen to the shipping forecast (after being awake for nearly 36 hours) just last weekend. http://www.yachtingmonthly.com/fileBank/PDF/met-map.pdf Yet to be on a boat that doesn't listen religiously to the Shipping Forecast. Simon On 18/05/2011 16:46, Ant Miller wrote: Back in the day we used to have photocopies sheets with the areas listed and you'd jot in the forecast off the radio. I have just recalled that day was 20 years ago. Bugger. On Wed, May 18, 2011 at 3:21 PM, Gareth Davis gareth.da...@bbc.co.uk mailto:gareth.da...@bbc.co.uk wrote: If I'm out on the water I'd listen via the coastguard MSI bulletin on VHF, rather than tune in to Radio 4. But it's still the shipping forecast either way. -Original Message- From: owner-backst...@lists.bbc.co.uk mailto:owner-backst...@lists.bbc.co.uk [mailto:owner-backst...@lists.bbc.co.uk mailto:owner-backst...@lists.bbc.co.uk] On Behalf Of Tom Scott Sent: 18 May 2011 15:00 To: backstage@lists.bbc.co.uk mailto:backstage@lists.bbc.co.uk Subject: Re: [backstage] A familiar face... Every boat I've be a crew on always tunes in. Although the 1979 Fastnet Race is often mentioned... Tom On 18/05/2011 14:35, Dirk-Willem van Gulik di...@webweaving.org mailto:di...@webweaving.org wrote: On 18 May 2011, at 14:23, Robert Binney wrote: I have been told that no sailors listen to the Shipping Forecast - can this be true? Well - if you have the money (and enough battery power and ample of pricey thermal paper) - you get it off your navtex(1) or from the met-office feed of immarsat(2). But I've found myself in a situation more than once where knowing that you could be having _reliable_ warnings with just a simple battery radio independent of it all was very reassuring. Dw. 1: http://www.frisnit.com/cgi-bin/navtex/view.cgi?NAVAREA=1action=browse http://www.frisnit.com/cgi-bin/navtex/view.cgi?NAVAREA=1action=browse TYPE=24 H - the MET ones. 2: http://www.opc.ncep.noaa.gov/shtml/UKMHSFAT - Sent via the backstage.bbc.co.uk http://backstage.bbc.co.uk discussion group. To unsubscribe, please visit http://backstage.bbc.co.uk/archives/2005/01/mailing_list.html. Unofficial list archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/backstage@lists.bbc.co.uk/ - Sent via the backstage.bbc.co.uk http://backstage.bbc.co.uk discussion group. To unsubscribe, please visit http://backstage.bbc.co.uk/archives/2005/01/mailing_list.html. Unofficial list archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/backstage@lists.bbc.co.uk/ - Sent via the backstage.bbc.co.uk http://backstage.bbc.co.uk discussion group. To unsubscribe, please visit http://backstage.bbc.co.uk/archives/2005/01/mailing_list.html. Unofficial list archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/backstage@lists.bbc.co.uk/ -- Ant Miller tel: 07709 265961 email: ant.mil...@gmail.com mailto:ant.mil...@gmail.com -- *Simon Thompson MEng(Hons) MIET* RD Engineer mailto:simon.thomp...@rd.bbc.co.uk
