The lakes teams are progressively moving from Low Band 86.3125 to the high band sets. All 12 of the Lake District teams will have moved to High Band by 30 September 2004.
Wasdale now operating on High Band
Saturday 25 September 2004 - Preparing to Change
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Gordon Starkie, Wasdale MRT Communications
Officer and Chairman of the LDSAMRA Communications Sub-Committee with the
new High Band base set installed at Mill Forge, Wasdale MRT's headquarters
in Gosforth.
The lakes teams are progressively moving from Low Band 86.3125 to the high band sets. All 12 of the Lake District teams will have moved to High Band by 30 September 2004. |
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| John Noakes works on Mobile1 to install the new set having taken out the low band set and marine band set (channel 73) | |
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The box of tricks in mobile 1 without any radios | |
| What the clever bit of the high band set looks like | |
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Gordon Starkie and Richard Longman admiring the simplicity of the newly fitted high band | |
| Mobile 2 being stripped out ready to receive the high band set | |
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Mobile 2 with the new display fitted | |
| The high band base set is up and working alongside the low band system | |
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John Noakes tests the new handsets with the vehicle sets operational | |
| What the new high band handset looks like, slightly smaller and lighter than the old low band. Each of the Lake District teams has its own frequency. Note that Wasdale and Kirkby Stephen share a channel but would rarely have a conflict due to the distance between operating areas. | |
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| Note that we can scan between our own frequency and the helicopter channel. Other important frequencies include Coastguard and Channel 53 | ||
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Later on that day/the following morning at 0100 hrs the new radios are handed out for a limited callout search. Lights on Scafell needed to be investigated and the team were called out by the police. Fortunately the incident didn't develop into anything that needed dealing with. | |