Muppets on Ch. 16

Re: Follow the leader

Mouth of Hamble on Sat. note the channel marker to left of picture - then you can see how far off the channel he was! Doh!

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<hr width=100% size=1>Me transmitte sursum, caledoni
 
Re: At least this guy had the foresight ...

These guy's in Ramsgate were a classic.

I was there doing safety boat for the power boating.
They had been stuck fast for 30 mins before asking for help.
One of the other safety boats tried but were unable to pull them free.
We stood by in case they needed a further hand.
When they were asked for a line, a tatty bit if something was produced, we think it was rope!

Three grown men all the way from Ireland.
They all opted for an uncomfy night on board when asked if anyone wanted to go ashore!

Oh and even though there are huge signs telling you, they claimed not to know what channel they needed to be on either!

They were still there until high tide the next morning!

Regards

<hr width=100% size=1>Jon Brooks
Marine Dealer Manager
Icom UK Ltd.
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A few years ago we were enjoying a late night game of cards with the vhf on 16 in the background. We listened to a lovely conversation between a CG watch keeper and master of a vessel at anchor. They happily chewed the fat about old times, how's the missus and little johny? etc. for ten minutes or so, before the ships master suggested that they should move to a working channel. It was good to see that even the pros can sometimes let what starts out as a quick call drag on.

<hr width=100% size=1>Semper Bufo
 
Just returned from helping do a delivery from Fort William down to Plymouth (should have been Dartmouth but missed). Enjoying the peace and quiet coming down St Georges Channel, then "Dublin CG, Dublin CG this is Sunsail 56, can I have a radio check please?", hell, I thought it was only a Solent plague!

Funniest radio incident was on the same trip, when approaching Lizard, a yacht called up ask the CG to identify the 'big yellow ship at postion nnnn nnnn' "its in our way" in disbelief the CG asked them to repeat their message, which they did, you could hear the CG chuckling as they asked why the yacht could not go around the 'big yellow ship'. The yacht asked if it could be moved! We must suppose that the CG were unable to respond through laughing, it took another yacht to call up and tell the first yacht that the 'big yellow ship' was a cable laying ship doing 1.5knts. Its postion and request for a wide berth had been broadcast frequently over the last couple of days!!!!!!!!!!!


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Nope you wouldn't be right.

Cross service interference (ie Domestic TV Interference) from an Amateur would be acted upon but not inter-service interference (ie Amateur to Amateur). This is the similar with Maritime, for example mis-use or interference that disrupts HMCG operations will be pounced on and dealt with PDQ.

It is also worth remembering that most of the spectrum described as Amateur is actually shared, the biggest sharer being MoD.

Mike

<hr width=100% size=1>Team Executive,
Maritime & Aeronautical Team, Ofcom
 
Of course:

Letters to:
Ofcom Contact Centre, Office of Communications, Riverside House, 2a Southwark Bridge Road, London, SE1 9HA.

email to:
contact@ofcom.org.uk

Web based complaints form here http://www.ofcom.org.uk/contact_ofcom/licensed_radio_sys

A complaint must include specific details a complaint saying " there's a lot of misuse in the Solent, do something about it" would not be helpful. Also bear in mind that it is not my side of the house and it won't come to me so don't put my name on it.

Mike

<hr width=100% size=1>Team Executive,
Maritime & Aeronautical Team, Ofcom
 
I hardly have the heart to tell you this

after you have been so helpful, but your Agency's document, on the website, detailing the use of maritime VHF radio channels, has the wrong link for the MCA's website to which it wisely refers the yottie in search of a user licence:

It's not "mcagency.org" it's " www.mcga.gov.uk/ "

<hr width=100% size=1>Que scais-je?
 
Re: I hardly have the heart to tell you this

Unfortunately it is a victim of the Ofcomisation last October and can no longer be touched due to its "legacy regulator" status.

When I am able to migrate the links from the RA page to the Ofcom page it will be corrected.

Mike

<hr width=100% size=1>Team Executive,
Maritime & Aeronautical Team, Ofcom
 
Classic!

Regulation is a many splendoured thing!

I was most obliged to you for the link, because it actually pointed me to something I needed for work; we were puzzling out whether it was possible to use hand held VHF sets for communication between ship and agent's office, to which the answer would appear to be "no, not unless you want to set up a private channel".

<hr width=100% size=1>Que scais-je?
 
Re: Classic!

I would re-word that to:

The answer is yes and you will need a CSR UK radio licence to set up a base station on land to communicate with vessels.

Once again context is all important. Every vessel has a right to access (if correctly licensed and operators are qualified) the Marine radio service, however the only land stations that have an equal right is those with a statutory duty of care to shipping under their control (ie Coastguard and Port Operations). However in the UK we have set aside non-maritime, UK-only channels that can be used for that purpose by other organisations.

Mike

<hr width=100% size=1>Team Executive,
Maritime & Aeronautical Team, Ofcom
 
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