Channel Lightvessel
Channel Light Vessel Automatic is the name of a lightvessel in the English Channel. It is one of the 22 coastal weather stations whose conditions are automatically reported in the BBC Shipping Forecast. The vessel's position is 49°55′N 2°54′W / 49.917°N 2.900°W, approximately 56 km (35 mi) north-northwest of Guernsey.
Signals
The light, on a 12 m (39 ft) tower, has a range of about 15 miles, and flashes for .3 seconds every 15 seconds. The fog signal gives a single 2 second blast every 20 seconds. The agile radio beacon transmits the letter "O" in morse code on X band and S band frequencies for nine seconds every thirty seconds.[1]
References
- ^ "NOTICE TO MARINERS No.66/06". Trinity House. 30 October 2006. Retrieved 19 June 2012.
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