ianc1200
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Can anybody hear these? Dover Coastguard says for vessels in Bawdsey & west of Dungeness listen on Channel 62. All I get is a lot of noise. Is it just my set?
Channel 62 - Marine Safety Broadcasts
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Juan Twothree
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Depends exactly where you are.
The broadcast is made simultaneously from different aerials on channels 62, 63 and 64. Worth trying one of the others if you can't hear them on 62.
LittleSister
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There was another thread very recently with someone saying they couldn't hear the safety broadcast on the advertised channel (Solent area?), so while JuanTwothree's advice is sound, it makes me wonder if there is some issue with the Coastguard's equipment or its configuration.
Habebty
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I couldn’t hear it on 62 near Levington, but could just at Landguard in line of sight of Bawdsey. Clear as a bell at Felixstowe Ferry!?
Bru
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It may not be the case this time but I know on one occasion shortly after the changes, the word from an insider was that Fareham had been tasked with the Dover routine safety messages (because Dover were dealing with an incident) and the operator, not being familiar with the area, the setup or the equipment (or some combination thereof) had simply forgotten to select (all) the correct aerials thus some heard it and some didn't
By the by, is the inference problem still plaguing the Bradwell aerial?
By the by, is the inference problem still plaguing the Bradwell aerial?
ex-Gladys
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This was always the case before the frequency changes, you could never hear the broadcast off the end of the Dengie... on either Bradwell or Sarfend...
snowbird30ds
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I've been right in the middle of a named area many times and heard it on the channel mentioned for another area but not the channel it should have been.
englishrobs
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I find the Bawdsey aerial on 62 pretty awful generally.