I managed to watch a 1/3 of that before it went away. probably something needed to be fixed in the video. I hate when that happens after an upload and you find an error.
Thanks for the mention of the work of the NCI, Lewis. They are the "eyes along the coast" that the government stopped paying for, (H.M.Coastguard,) decades ago. Proud former member, only stopped by health reasons. I miss it.
Absolutely a great video. A fascinating history of the development of communications and the dedication to public service by the community. This gives me a deeper appreciation of the development of your nation's infrastructure and the advancement people are capable of when they work together. I'm from the USA, and I wish I could volunteer for this Marine Service.
Very interesting, it stirred a memory from way back in the mid eighties. Our minehunter under Fleetwood pilotagewas coming into port with the tide going out, the pilot suggested we leave the shipping lane & motor through a short cut. Oh know we ran aground & rolled steeply as the water receded. It was late with failing light, all generators shut as no cooling water was available, so what to, well we had a running aground party with battery flood lights & batt powered organ, great fun. Next tide we were towed in.
Great video of my home town, the Radar station is now covered with scaffolding as the renovations have started. could see my house on part of the video too :P
Our Radio Club TCARS spent the weekend at the lifeboat station there recently as part of the SOSradioweek to commemorate the 200th Anniversary of the RNLI too :)
"Funny...." or maybe disturbing. Throwing a rock at a person or property is assault in most countries, I'm assuming law-heavy UK/England as well. Is casual violence and destruction like that normal from middle-class workers/residents in the UK? I often see stuff like this (on video, in articles, etc.), especially at UK beach towns (or hear of them, or hear of disturbances, assaults, etc) from folks that, if they lived here in the U.S., wouldn't be doing that. In fact, that rock-throwing thing this guy is doing is something I'd expect only from a really bad part of town in some of the worst cities. I wouldn't expect that from someone in the rural South, etc. What goes on over there? Why is everyone so angry? Maybe you guys need more vitamin D, or to switch from alcohol to something gentler and less aggressive. Someone dresssed like that, working a job in a normal beach town here isn't throwing rocks at anyone or anything. It's striking sometimes at the apparent behavioral differences for what seems to be the same social class across countries. Maybe too much fetal alcohol syndrome, or...?
Despite my earlier comment about the rock-throwing guy (somewhat enraged me, that's not a normal drone reaction here!), I really enjoyed this video, the visuals are gorgeous, the place itself looks amazing, and your explanations were very much appreciated. I would like to see this place if I ever visit.
Another great educational video Lewis thanks. I made a point of driving through Fleetwood en route to the Norbreck Amateur Radio Rally last month, as I had never been before. I wish I had had more time to explore, but I had to get back to my home QTH of Sheffield in the afternoon. This video makes me want to go back! The night before I had travelled down from a kayaking trip in Co Durham, and took a breathtakingly scenic drive across the North Pennines, and the edge of the Lake District and extended my route so I could do a whistle stop tour of the NW coast before resting for the night in Garstang. I have been wanting to explore that area since I saw the amazing views of Morecambe Bay from Winter Hill a few years back. 73's
Wow that's a blast from the past! Thank you for this video. I am from Blackpool and my late brother trained as an RO at Fleetwood. Somewhere I have a photo from the evening gazette of me, as a toddler looking at the radar screen inside that radar station, during an open day at the college. My brother never worked as an RO, but went on to train as a satcomms engineer at Porthcurno before working for a company in Cheltenham.
I've been to Fleetwood quite a few times when visiting Blackpool. I would usually travel on the tram from Blackpool all the way up to Fleetwood and would go to the cafe not far from the tram stop.
Theres many interesting arrays across the coast of north Anglesey. Port of holyhead. Holyhead Coastguard, RAF Valley, point lynas telegraph station, Nebo mast array, (home to GB3AN) And many more ILS and VOR arrays (for RAF valley). Moelfre RNLI station. Marconi experimented from a property in holyhead!! Being "out on a limb" made Anglesey a primary location for shipping, telegraphy and underwater cables, with its connections to Liverpool/Manchester in one direction and Dublin and wider world in the other. Well worth a look into Lewis.
That's cool stuff. I've always been fascinated by marine communications. I live inland around 225 Km from two US Great Lakes, which is too far for VHF reception. I live the architecture of the first observation building you showed.
The 2-lighthouse setup is interesting. I wonder if it works like the lighting system I've seen on the Delaware River, where a system of light towers is set up such that if a ship keeps them lined up with each other at certain parts of the river than you know you're in the channel.
They are known as leading lines or lights, and are quite common in estuary or harbour entrances where there are hazard, some are simple coloured boards, and others like Fleetwood are significant structures.
I used to live near RAF Chicksands in Bedfordshire. I know you’re interested in listening antennas, check out the AN/FLR-9 ‘elephant cage’ they used to have there.
About five years ago the National Coast Watch in Penzance observed a murder on board a very small fishing boat in Mounts Bay, I always donate when they're out collecting.
I love these types… it might be fun to watch your thought process in real time as you approach an unknown antenna and research and deduce what it was used for
Intrigued by your statement saying that the licensing applying to VHF marine band ch 65 & 37, what about Ch 16 & 67, indeed any other Channel in the marine band??
They will probably have Distress Safety and Calling (156.525), Marine AIS monitoring on 161.975 / 162.025 MHz and VDES watch as well, not just voice Comms.
Ooh, that seagull at 5:45 appears to have eaten a load of fishing tackle - you can see it hanging down. That is going to be a long, slow and painful way to go.
Nice work really enjoyable and certainly nice drone work.. What drone do you use to produce the footage and have you had any conflicts during filming 👍👍👍
It took me a little to realize your opening shots, you are trying to show a CLEAR SKY! ohhhhh honey thats cute, is that as clear as the sky gets in the UK? XD
I'm more interested in the RADAR systems, what frequency, power and aerials are in use and how they work, plus what the displays look like. A lot of people never get to see this. Is it safe to be near 1KW of RADAR !
@@RingwayManchester And there was me thinking it was because you were an angel with wings like the Angel Gabriel, the angel of messages. And honouring the patron saint of amateur radio, Maximilian Kolbe.
UK uses different frequencies on VHF marine it seems than US & Canada as our CH 16 (156.8 MHz) is our Coast Guard. You do not need a license here in the US to use VHF marine radios. Canada require a permit to use VHF marine radios.
Addendum. You are on 139 k subscribers. Autoshenanigans is on 131 k. The race to 200 k is on. Also I am surprised that "TheTimTraveller" was not on the ferry.
Dear Ringway, knowing you are from Manchester area. That big body of water is known as "the sea". Not "a bloody big canal." It can be quite a culture shock for you inlanders.. ;-)
My first comment was deleted by TH-cam , possibly because it contained a link to the RNLI website. The "Kenneth Jones Pierpoint" was named after a RAF pilot killed in WW2. His sister made a donation to the RNLI to remember him.
I swear I saw this video in my notifications 2days ago
I definitely *watched* this video 2 days ago 🤔
I managed to watch a 1/3 of that before it went away. probably something needed to be fixed in the video. I hate when that happens after an upload and you find an error.
@@TPerry2828 Oh thank's mate for confirming I am not loosing my marbles, everything els yes.
For anyone else with deja vu, you’re not wrong I uploaded this in error on Sunday 😃
@@RingwayManchester Thank's Lewis, I still watched as the drone footage is rather good.
“The some what friendly” ROCK BEING HURLED
That was beautifully done
I literally just saw a short which said Blackpool is the most violent area in Britain.
Sharing is caring?😂😂
shooting for the camera/drone I fear
It was a mostly peaceful rock throw. 🙂
@@mikeburch2998😂😂😂
You accidently created a great architecture video!
Yes, really! It's so different in some ways from other vids on the channel. I like those too, this was a nice change/detour from the norm.
Thanks for the mention of the work of the NCI, Lewis. They are the "eyes along the coast" that the government stopped paying for, (H.M.Coastguard,) decades ago.
Proud former member, only stopped by health reasons. I miss it.
The rock chucker at 0:15 and the bird rocking the mad necklace at 5:46!
Love these antenna site videos!
I like the forward slope of the watchtower, it evokes the image of them peering out over the sea. Good architectural design.
0:30 What a sick building design... but it actually looks fantastic, I like it!
A lot of effort obviously went into this video Lewis. Very well done as usual. Thank you for your time.
Absolutely a great video. A fascinating history of the development of communications and the dedication to public service by the community. This gives me a deeper appreciation of the development of your nation's infrastructure and the advancement people are capable of when they work together. I'm from the USA, and I wish I could volunteer for this Marine Service.
Very interesting, it stirred a memory from way back in the mid eighties. Our minehunter under Fleetwood pilotagewas coming into port with the tide going out, the pilot suggested we leave the shipping lane & motor through a short cut. Oh know we ran aground & rolled steeply as the water receded. It was late with failing light, all generators shut as no cooling water was available, so what to, well we had a running aground party with battery flood lights & batt powered organ, great fun. Next tide we were towed in.
Great video of my home town, the Radar station is now covered with scaffolding as the renovations have started. could see my house on part of the video too :P
Our Radio Club TCARS spent the weekend at the lifeboat station there recently as part of the SOSradioweek to commemorate the 200th Anniversary of the RNLI too :)
The guy throwing the rock at your drone was funny 0:15
Somewhat friendly town
some of us in the town are friendly lol
"Funny...." or maybe disturbing. Throwing a rock at a person or property is assault in most countries, I'm assuming law-heavy UK/England as well. Is casual violence and destruction like that normal from middle-class workers/residents in the UK? I often see stuff like this (on video, in articles, etc.), especially at UK beach towns (or hear of them, or hear of disturbances, assaults, etc) from folks that, if they lived here in the U.S., wouldn't be doing that. In fact, that rock-throwing thing this guy is doing is something I'd expect only from a really bad part of town in some of the worst cities. I wouldn't expect that from someone in the rural South, etc. What goes on over there? Why is everyone so angry? Maybe you guys need more vitamin D, or to switch from alcohol to something gentler and less aggressive. Someone dresssed like that, working a job in a normal beach town here isn't throwing rocks at anyone or anything. It's striking sometimes at the apparent behavioral differences for what seems to be the same social class across countries. Maybe too much fetal alcohol syndrome, or...?
@@glennhighcoveexploresstuff Blackpool and the surrounding area isn't known as the most salubrious part of the country.
@@glennhighcoveexploresstuff From one American to another... lighten up.
incredible architecture.
excellent recording, I enjoy such videos very much.
thanks!
Outstanding history and photography!
At 024 when I saw that building I thought it was falling over.
Yeah, some clever architect set out to make a name with that job.
I went to Fleetwood Nautical College (as it used to be called) in the 80s and studied as a Radio Officer. Good times.
Despite my earlier comment about the rock-throwing guy (somewhat enraged me, that's not a normal drone reaction here!), I really enjoyed this video, the visuals are gorgeous, the place itself looks amazing, and your explanations were very much appreciated. I would like to see this place if I ever visit.
Your research is so thorough and the photos are so good. . Brilliant Thankyou.
Another great educational video Lewis thanks. I made a point of driving through Fleetwood en route to the Norbreck Amateur Radio Rally last month, as I had never been before. I wish I had had more time to explore, but I had to get back to my home QTH of Sheffield in the afternoon. This video makes me want to go back! The night before I had travelled down from a kayaking trip in Co Durham, and took a breathtakingly scenic drive across the North Pennines, and the edge of the Lake District and extended my route so I could do a whistle stop tour of the NW coast before resting for the night in Garstang. I have been wanting to explore that area since I saw the amazing views of Morecambe Bay from Winter Hill a few years back. 73's
On the rare occasions i go to Fleetwood I always take rainwear or a Mac with me. Even if there are just Rumours of bad weather 😉🤷♂️
This comment deserves pun-ishment.
Wow that's a blast from the past! Thank you for this video. I am from Blackpool and my late brother trained as an RO at Fleetwood. Somewhere I have a photo from the evening gazette of me, as a toddler looking at the radar screen inside that radar station, during an open day at the college.
My brother never worked as an RO, but went on to train as a satcomms engineer at Porthcurno before working for a company in Cheltenham.
Thanks for that, esp. highlighting the work of the NCI.
Love your coastal and waterway videos. They’re one of the reasons I got my Horizon marine handheld 👍🏻😊
Fantastic video Lewis 👍 Great work 👏
Great video and good drone content. Love the ferry drone video
Very nice technical tourist tour!
Very interesting video
Yes I want to see more 👌
Some down south around Luton maybe
Fascinating video - thanks Lewis! 😊
Brilliant thanks Lewis
that guy had a good arm on him, ngl 😁
I've been to Fleetwood quite a few times when visiting Blackpool. I would usually travel on the tram from Blackpool all the way up to Fleetwood and would go to the cafe not far from the tram stop.
The Watchkeepers also control " Rover " "I am not a number! I am a free man!"
Very nice video! ❤
Thank's for this video Lewis.
Cracking video Lewis from a regular visitor to Fleetwood. Would recommend an ice cream 🍦 from the kiosk next to the old radar unit.
Theres many interesting arrays across the coast of north Anglesey.
Port of holyhead. Holyhead Coastguard, RAF Valley, point lynas telegraph station, Nebo mast array, (home to GB3AN) And many more ILS and VOR arrays (for RAF valley). Moelfre RNLI station.
Marconi experimented from a property in holyhead!!
Being "out on a limb" made Anglesey a primary location for shipping, telegraphy and underwater cables, with its connections to Liverpool/Manchester in one direction and Dublin and wider world in the other.
Well worth a look into Lewis.
Great video!
That's cool stuff. I've always been fascinated by marine communications. I live inland around 225 Km from two US Great Lakes, which is too far for VHF reception. I live the architecture of the first observation building you showed.
I spent 5 years living on that Fleetwood coast. Windy AF. I remember lots of dog poo...
I can’t explain how Happy I get when I get a Notification that y’all posted a New Video!!
Concerning your intro:
Ah-hey-ma-ma-ma
Dee-doo-din-nie-ya-ya
Ah-hey-ma-ma-ma
Hey-y-yah
Life in a northern town
Ah-hey-ma-ma-ma-ma
You do some fantastic drone footage in your videos.
Interesting video thanks for making and posting 🙂👍
Seagull @5:46 sporting its own antenna ... what about that one?
hope its ok
Great video, Lewis...👍
Very very good. Superb video. More of same please.
The 2-lighthouse setup is interesting. I wonder if it works like the lighting system I've seen on the Delaware River, where a system of light towers is set up such that if a ship keeps them lined up with each other at certain parts of the river than you know you're in the channel.
They are known as leading lines or lights, and are quite common in estuary or harbour entrances where there are hazard, some are simple coloured boards, and others like Fleetwood are significant structures.
I used to live near RAF Chicksands in Bedfordshire. I know you’re interested in listening antennas, check out the AN/FLR-9 ‘elephant cage’ they used to have there.
I've spotted that watch tower through binoculars from the coast near Lancaster and wondered if it was falling over.
About five years ago the National Coast Watch in Penzance observed a murder on board a very small fishing boat in Mounts Bay, I always donate when they're out collecting.
I love these types… it might be fun to watch your thought process in real time as you approach an unknown antenna and research and deduce what it was used for
I use to work for the firm who owned Fleetwood docks (pretty sure it's just been sold on) and found this interesting
0:35 i thought that was some rundown falling over building from the further view.
Nope,it was built that way!
Interesting video Lewis.
Man. Architecture is so nice compared to the states. Another rad video man.
Great video Lewis 👍🏽
0:58 looks like it’s about to fall over! 😂
Intrigued by your statement saying that the licensing applying to VHF marine band ch 65 & 37, what about Ch 16 & 67, indeed any other Channel in the marine band??
Wicked
They will probably have Distress Safety and Calling (156.525), Marine AIS monitoring on 161.975 / 162.025 MHz and VDES watch as well, not just voice Comms.
That looks like a nice place to visit.
Thanks Lewis. My intrigue has been sated. Thought it would soon get uploaded :-)
Great vid! More like this please…
Cool stuff!
I wonder if there’s someone who grows Macintosh apples in Fleetwood 😂
But what was that giant fireball up in the sky at the start? It looked terrifying. 😁
Ooh, that seagull at 5:45 appears to have eaten a load of fishing tackle - you can see it hanging down. That is going to be a long, slow and painful way to go.
Cool. More please
Nice work really enjoyable and certainly nice drone work..
What drone do you use to produce the footage and have you had any conflicts during filming 👍👍👍
the coast watch observation building needs a catchy nickname like "the leaning tower of terror".
Hey Lewis! Love the videos!
5:45 what did they put on the seagull
It's the pull-chord to make it make seagull sounds.
It took me a little to realize your opening shots, you are trying to show a CLEAR SKY!
ohhhhh honey thats cute, is that as clear as the sky gets in the UK?
XD
In the north, yes
I'm more interested in the RADAR systems, what frequency, power and aerials are in use and how they work, plus what the displays look like. A lot of people never get to see this. Is it safe to be near 1KW of RADAR !
Interesting architecture
That was super interesting.
Very nice work as usual..do you do any of the video by drone?
All footage in my videos is my own :)
@@RingwayManchester And there was me thinking it was because you were an angel with wings like the Angel Gabriel, the angel of messages. And honouring the patron saint of amateur radio, Maximilian Kolbe.
Does the RNLI have a similar watchstanding operation with VHF and such?
The angle of the building just bothers me!
Anytime I hear a British person say something about “up north” my brain automatically goes “It’s grim up north”.
To be fair, it is 😂😂😂😂
its grim all over now
Wow. It must have taken ages to do all that research of dates etc
Blackpool being classed as the north makes me chuckle
UK uses different frequencies on VHF marine it seems than US & Canada as our CH 16 (156.8 MHz) is our Coast Guard. You do not need a license here in the US to use VHF marine radios. Canada require a permit to use VHF marine radios.
Did someone yeet a rock towards your drone at 0:16? "Somewhat friendly". Hmm.
I swear this was re-uploaded ?
Uploaded on Sunday in error for 13 minutes
That's a building in big trouble!!!
i thought this was gonna have a CODAR antenna in it
Addendum. You are on 139 k subscribers. Autoshenanigans is on 131 k. The race to 200 k is on. Also I am surprised that "TheTimTraveller" was not on the ferry.
That tower was built with a level but unfortunately not with a plumb bob.
Dad can we go play on the beach now ? lol.
da jar vue is any one there ?
I live nearby and Im actually making a documentary on the Fleetwood to Knott End Ferry. I was filming last week :)
No Fleetwood Mac tower? Damn
There is, but I might be telling sweet little lies.....
Now we need THEIR video tracking you 😂
😂😂👍🏻👍🏻
I'm having a déjà vu. It's like seeing it for the second time, although it's not in my today's watch history. Weird...
Dear Ringway,
knowing you are from Manchester area. That big body of water is known as "the sea". Not "a bloody big canal." It can be quite a culture shock for you inlanders.. ;-)
They could of used an array radar instead of that Navico dome 😂
Hang on, so a few of these could be built on the Dover coast 🤔 now why wouldn't they do that 😅
My first comment was deleted by TH-cam , possibly because it contained a link to the RNLI website. The "Kenneth Jones Pierpoint" was named after a RAF pilot killed in WW2. His sister made a donation to the RNLI to remember him.