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Caroline's 3rd ship: the MV Ross Revenge
(September 1983)
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The main anchor chain
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Grant "Super Star" Bawlard in the on-air studio (August 1984)
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Jay "Angry man" Jackson preparing the news bulletin |
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From left to right: Peter Chicago, Grant Benson,
Johnny Lewis and me, having a bath during slack tide
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The best sound quality on the MW, thanks to the Optimod
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Cabinet with the driver stage (top), exciter modulators and crystal oscillator (bottom)
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The 963 kHz crystal oven
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Top of the output valve in Channel 1
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Back of the 4-cabinet Ampliphase
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The tuning unit, feeding the output of
two transmitters to one antenna
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Peter's diagram of the tuning unit
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The antenna insulator just above the
matching unit in the transmitter room
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The antenna insulator (former power plant
insulator) as seen from the deck
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View from inside the antenna mast
(during maintenance of course)
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Looking down from the top of the mast:
90 metres above sea level!
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The high voltage transformer cage
for the transmitters
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One of the two 10 kW transmitters
(later rewired for Sort Wave services)
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Bob Matthews on air (March 1985) |
Old production studio, now converted into the Radio Monique studio |
Peter "World Service" Philips in the news room |
Johnny Lewis at the VHF radio on the bridge |
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One of the two main generators
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A spare 10 kW transmitter cabinet is taken aboard
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From left to right: Stewart, Paul, Kate, Tim
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Tenders from the UK (alongside) and the Netherlands (behind)
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The Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) on watch (October 1985)
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Hide and Seek with the DTI during "EuroSiege 85"
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Andy "Cosmic" Johnson in the production studio at the aft |
The original communications equipment behind the bridge |
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Howard's (self made) ship,
here in use as tender
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Fergie and Andy with another tender
in the background
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Fergie & Rob preparing for mast maintenance.
In the background Jenny (my ex-love) and Jan
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The antenna as seen from the aft
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Mast riggings at the aft which held the mast in place until a hurricane in November 1987
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One of the DIY antenna experiments.
This fibre mast got fried when RF was applied
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Loosing her main mast but still having her concrete counterweight
made the Ross less stable during rough weather conditions
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And today's number for the office is number...
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The Ross Revenge after she lost her main mast (June 1988)
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In August 1989 the unthinkable happened: after 25 years of broadcasting the Dutch Radio Controle Dienst (RCD) went out on the vessel 'Volans', illegally raided the Ross and dismantled the transmitters
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