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Red Sands Radio - Part 6
24th February 2008
A service visit to Red Sands Fort
Leaving Queenborough on the Isle of Sheppey The Tug Meeching with Grain Power Station & the Nore Commodore
Meeching is a Murray Tug, registered & for some years worked out of Newhaven
Meeching's now in moth balls with coaster Torch behind
The attractive small coaster The Torch awaits it's fate
Our 'spotters' had warned us our medium wave radio antenna had fallen this was the first view
Recent fierce winds had caused havoc on the North Kent Coast
A pity but we had expected the loss
Press Release #1 of 2008 PDF File
Capacitance hat hang over the side
All stays intact
The 'shear' being at the base deck insulator, during the gales the base had physically moved the mast now off centre toppled
Sue with husband Chris Fenn a submarine cable engineer with us on the visit
The remnants were brought aboard with the stays & egg insulators stored for our new antenna
15.18 hours 27th February 2008
We welcomed a group of Norwegian & American Architectural Student aboard
This feature continues in Red Sands Radio - Part 7
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