Aguila
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I never said you didn't ! A VHF SRC is needed before the 'transmit' button is pressed on ANY radio.
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BUT:- If you make an emergency call on a mobile phone, only the recipient hears it. If you make a 'Mayday' call on VHF CH 16, everyone in range hears it, and if you make the 'Mayday' call via DCS on CH 70, your GPS lat/long location is also transmitted. My DCS radio makes a hell of a racket if it picks up a DCS 'Mayday' call. I know which one I would use.
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I am. I can use my hand-held radio on ANY vessel as my callsign is personal to me (Txxxxxx) and not a boat's name.
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You don't need both for a hand-portable radio, only one permanently fixed on a boat.
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I've only ever come across 'skriking' in Pie Eater Land.
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DSC and EPIRB's are part of the test so it's no good going in for it if you don't have the knowledge. I've got a VHF Short Range Certificate for trips over the Ribble Link using an Icom IC-M91D hand-held radio.
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No. Was on Shanks' Pony and wanted to get back to Parbold before it got dark. Only boat in the vicinity of Appley Lock is Y-Knot and it's moored below the lock.
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Nope, not there. No boats moored down the arm either. The arm is only accessible by water during the closure because the deep lock footbridge is fenced off. I hope the O.P. isn't the muppet moored opposite the winding hole near 'The Boathouse' restaurant at Appley Bridge.
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You must be a better sleeper than I am !
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There's an hourly bus service from Appley Bridge. It's route 312/313 (Appley Br / Skelmersdale / Parbold / Burscough) and is run by Preston Bus. Skelmersdale has the Concourse shopping centre, including a big Asda, and Burscough has a Tesco store. Previous lock is Dean Lock (90) but I wouldn't want to spend much time there. It's directly under the M6 at Gathurst Viaduct between J26 & J27.
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Some pictures from Appley Lock taken this morning.
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If you're there for 5 weeks, you might have learned to give Lock 91 it's correct name by the end of your stay !
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L & L, Rufford Branch, lock #3
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Ormskirk Hospital used to be a Workhouse !! I was born a Kingstonian in 1943 and have lived in Ormskirk since 1969.
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"no man's land" is a but unkind! I like the place but I wish they would sort the road out going down to Lower Park Marina. Am still nursing a hangover gained in the Fountain Inn 3 nights ago ......
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Barnoldswick? In Yorkshire? Heaven forbid !!!
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Snapped near Parbold on the L+L.
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I've no problems with spiders, except for the persistent little devils who spin their webs on my security cameras!
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It transmits and receives on marine channel 0 (156.000 Mhz). I guess the Coastguard would frown on that?
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Probably attempting the Ribble Link. Looking at the hills in the background, I guess it's somewhere hear the mouth of the River Douglas where it joins the River Ribble.
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Towing a water skiier perhaps ???
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Work in progress on lock #1. How about a caption competition for photo #4?
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Can't see the Rufford Branch re-opening on 17th March. They started building a dam above lock #1 this morning.
