190 metres, medium wave
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This page kindly contributed by Clive Boutell.
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Welcome to a bumper update as there has been lots going on aboard the new radioship.
Monday July 5th 1999
A tug arrived alongside at about 1530 hours and towed the vessel to Trinity Pier.
RNI crew come ashore after a successful move to Trinity Pier.
From Left to Right Clive Boutell, Colin Lamb, Mick Catchpole, Tony O'Neal and Paul Graham.
Tuesday July 6th 1999
The antenna mast was craned on board and welded to the deck,and some rusty metalwork was removed along with the saftey nets on the back heli-deck which where in a dangerous condition,a marine inspection also took place and a list of repairs needed was provided.
Above left:The Tower is welded to the deck and then wound up into position.
Saturday 10th July 1999
The Antenna array is fixed into position,it was designed and installed by a local radio amateur and is an inverted "L" type design slung between the back tower and the ships original front mast.The feed wires are then attached to a feed through insulator which take the output into the bridge which is where the transmitter is to be housed.
The Completed antenna system.
Monday 13th July 1999
The vessel was moved back to the train ferry pier today,before she was moved a cooker and freezer were installed along with an A.C. 240 volt 5 KVA generator.
Wednesday 15th July 1999
A second marine inspection will take place towards the end of the month.Some minor work is still needed, today a small bilge pump was taken onboard and a small quantity of rainwater which had accumulated in the bottom of the ship was pumped dry.
A brave crewmember works on the ship's sewerage system.
Tony O'Neal holds up a passing cruise-ship.
Paul Graham puts some finishing touches to the new paintwork.
LV18 is now crewed 24 hours a day, on Wednesday John Platt spent his first night onboard as ship-keeper,he was joined by former Caroline presenter Victor Hartman. On Saturday John Platt was replaced by another former Ross Revenge crew member Stuart Dobson.
Whilst alongside Trinity Pier several visitors came aboard,if you would like to visit the ship we will give you more infomation on how you can do so in our next sceduled update next week.
Can you help with sponsorship?
Several local concerns are already booking ads but if any businesses or individuals can assist with sponsorship or would like details of ad-rates, or would even like to sponsor these pages then please contact project-leader Paul Graham on 01255 672531 (international +44 1255 672531).
Ad-rates for RNI can be found here.
(Updates by This update by Clive Boutell using Front page express (tm) - This is a Frame-Free Zone).
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RNI will broadcast for 28 days, commencing on the 3rd of August. Tune to 190 metres (1575 kHz), medium wave to relive the exciting days of Radio Northsea International!
At 0001 hrs on August 3rd, test transmissions will commence until 0600 hrs when Alan West will relaunch RNI.
Next update:- due during week commencing July 19th 1999.
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