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The Knock Deep

A Copy Free feature of a Whitstable Navy visit to the Offshore Radio moorings in 1985

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Tongue Lightship

Trinity House Light Vessel LV1

The last Lightship on station at Tongue Sands see her history in Eurosiege

Tongue Lightship

Portside of Trinity House Light Vessel LV1

Tongue Fort

Tongue Tower

See the photographs and the history of the HMS Tongue Tower

Tongue Lightship

Starboard side of Trinity House Light Vessel LV1

Tongue Lightship

Stern of Trinity House Light Vessel LV1


Audio

Scene setting Jessie Brandon on Laser 558 in June 1984 (C47/1)

Jessie graduated in Radio Media in 1981 then made for Europe and Laser 730 which became Laser 558, you'll hear colleague Holly Michaels in the above clip trailing her mid-morning show Jessie Brandon still works in radio at 98.9 WCLZ in the North East US State of Maine


Jessie Brandon

Jessie Brandon on Laser 558 (June 1985)

Holly Michaels

Holly Michaels on Laser 558 Colour (June 1984)

MV Communicator

Portside MV Communicator

Home of Laser 730, 558 and later Hot Hits

MV Communicator

Portside MV Communicator

MV Communicator Communicator Bow

Port Bow MV Communicator
Starboard Bow MV Communicator

Visitors

Visitors aboard MV Communicator 1

Whilst 'assisting' we'd take visitors to see the ships, quite a useful subterfuge

Visitors aboard MV Communicator 2

Visitors

Visitors aboard MV Communicator 3

Visitors

Visitors aboard MV Communicator 4

Visitors Erin Kelly

Visitors aboard MV Communicator 5
Erin Kelly

Audio

Erin Kelly on Laser 558 from 10.00-11.30 on 2nd April 1985

Jonell Communicator Pin Board

Jonell Pin Board MV Communicator

Audio

Jonell on Laser 558 from 08.00-10.00 on 12th September 1985

MV Communictor

Portside MV Communicator

MV Communicator

Portside MV Communicator

MV Communicator MV Communicator

Portside MV Communicator

MV Communicator

Portside MV Communicator with Ross Revenge Beyond

Ross Revenge

Starboard side of the MV Ross Revenge

Home of Radio Caroline from 1983 (Album Format) Caroline Overdrive (Progressive Rock) World Mission Radio on Short Wave (Religion) and Radio Monique (Dutch)

Ross Revenge Bow

Bow of the MV Ross Revenge

Ross Revenge Antenna

Antenna on the MV Ross Revenge

Ross Revenge

Starboard side of the MV Ross Revenge

Nick Richards

Nick Richards on Radio Caroline

Nick Richards

Nick Richards on Radio Caroline

Ross Deck

On deck - Radio Caroline

RCA Transmitter Roy Gooderson

RCA 50k Transmitter on Radio Caroline Antenna Feed Radio Caroline

RCA Ampliphase Transmitters 1 : 2

Ross Revenge

Starboard side of Ross Revenge

Ampliphase Transmitters : 1 : 2

With grateful thanks to Roy Gooderson and Hans Knot for additional photographs and audio


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