I swear I saw this video in my notifications 2days ago
@TPerry2828
Ай бұрын
I definitely *watched* this video 2 days ago 🤔
@randomrud
Ай бұрын
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.
@WOFFY-qc9te
Ай бұрын
@@TPerry2828 Oh thank's mate for confirming I am not loosing my marbles, everything els yes.
@RingwayManchester
Ай бұрын
For anyone else with deja vu, you’re not wrong I uploaded this in error on Sunday 😃
@WOFFY-qc9te
Ай бұрын
@@RingwayManchester Thank's Lewis, I still watched as the drone footage is rather good.
@bradleystannard3492
Ай бұрын
“The some what friendly” ROCK BEING HURLED That was beautifully done
@DigitalDiabloUK
Ай бұрын
I literally just saw a short which said Blackpool is the most violent area in Britain.
@brendancooney9401
Ай бұрын
Sharing is caring?😂😂
@basshorseman998
Ай бұрын
shooting for the camera/drone I fear
@mikeburch2998
Ай бұрын
It was a mostly peaceful rock throw. 🙂
@5mxg
Ай бұрын
I do the same when someone starts filming right in my direction. They don't care if I have makeup before posting me publicly so I don't like them.
@tomdchi12
Ай бұрын
You accidently created a great architecture video!
@glennhighcoveexploresstuff
Ай бұрын
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.
@sarkybugger5009
Ай бұрын
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.
@SimonZerafa
Ай бұрын
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 😉🤷♂️
@philsharp758
Ай бұрын
This comment deserves pun-ishment.
@thomasdjonesn
Ай бұрын
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.
@janosnagyj.9540
Ай бұрын
0:30 What a sick building design... but it actually looks fantastic, I like it!
@VeraTR909
Ай бұрын
I like the forward slope of the watchtower, it evokes the image of them peering out over the sea. Good architectural design.
@rickchapman9232
Ай бұрын
At 024 when I saw that building I thought it was falling over.
@RCAvhstape
Ай бұрын
Yeah, some clever architect set out to make a name with that job.
@petersmith5199
Ай бұрын
A lot of effort obviously went into this video Lewis. Very well done as usual. Thank you for your time.
@AdamSWL
Ай бұрын
The rock chucker at 0:15 and the bird rocking the mad necklace at 5:46! Love these antenna site videos!
@grahamkearnon6682
Ай бұрын
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.
@TheTriumfAnt
Ай бұрын
I went to Fleetwood Nautical College (as it used to be called) in the 80s and studied as a Radio Officer. Good times.
@RM-th8ol
Ай бұрын
The guy throwing the rock at your drone was funny 0:15
@Lobonova
Ай бұрын
Somewhat friendly town
@beeredup
Ай бұрын
some of us in the town are friendly lol
@glennhighcoveexploresstuff
Ай бұрын
"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...?
@paulsengupta971
Ай бұрын
@@glennhighcoveexploresstuff Blackpool and the surrounding area isn't known as the most salubrious part of the country.
@MrArgus11111
Ай бұрын
@@glennhighcoveexploresstuff From one American to another... lighten up.
@beeredup
Ай бұрын
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
@beeredup
Ай бұрын
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 :)
@glennhighcoveexploresstuff
Ай бұрын
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.
@bak2bassix
Ай бұрын
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
@billynomates920
Ай бұрын
that guy had a good arm on him, ngl 😁
@dutchbeef8920
Ай бұрын
Love your coastal and waterway videos. They’re one of the reasons I got my Horizon marine handheld 👍🏻😊
@peterfarmer1592
Ай бұрын
Your research is so thorough and the photos are so good. . Brilliant Thankyou.
@-r-495
Ай бұрын
incredible architecture. excellent recording, I enjoy such videos very much. thanks!
@jessicamorgan3073
Ай бұрын
Thanks for that, esp. highlighting the work of the NCI.
@anthonyfranz8317
Ай бұрын
Outstanding history and photography!
@bobroberts2371
Ай бұрын
The Watchkeepers also control " Rover " "I am not a number! I am a free man!"
@neilfarthing3888
Ай бұрын
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.
@m7frs272
Ай бұрын
Fantastic video Lewis 👍 Great work 👏
@M3G4UK
Ай бұрын
Fascinating video - thanks Lewis! 😊
@misterbacon4933
Ай бұрын
Very nice technical tourist tour!
@wazza33racer
Ай бұрын
the coast watch observation building needs a catchy nickname like "the leaning tower of terror".
@gamlemann53
Ай бұрын
Thank's for this video Lewis.
@toddkr1w
Ай бұрын
Anytime I hear a British person say something about “up north” my brain automatically goes “It’s grim up north”.
@DigitalDiabloUK
Ай бұрын
To be fair, it is 😂😂😂😂
@postRMO
Ай бұрын
its grim all over now
@Ploggy.
Ай бұрын
Interesting video thanks for making and posting 🙂👍
@GateKommand
Ай бұрын
Brilliant thanks Lewis
@davepickering997
Ай бұрын
Great video and good drone content. Love the ferry drone video
@jvoric
Ай бұрын
0:58 looks like it’s about to fall over! 😂
@Vtarngpb
Ай бұрын
I wonder if there’s someone who grows Macintosh apples in Fleetwood 😂
@TheFastestSrbin
Ай бұрын
Very nice video! ❤
@ross123540
Ай бұрын
Great video!
@Allan_aka_RocKITEman
Ай бұрын
Great video, Lewis...👍
@danielscotcher
Ай бұрын
Yes I want to see more 👌 Some down south around Luton maybe
@rdaw33
Ай бұрын
The angle of the building just bothers me!
@Know_Your_Enemy
Ай бұрын
I can’t explain how Happy I get when I get a Notification that y’all posted a New Video!!
@RobCCTV
Ай бұрын
Very very good. Superb video. More of same please.
@NorthernChev
Ай бұрын
You do some fantastic drone footage in your videos.
@m7trsradio
Ай бұрын
Great video Lewis 👍🏽
@bobroberts2371
Ай бұрын
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
@SkinwalkerFarm
Ай бұрын
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.
@Northstar-Media
Ай бұрын
The leaning tower of Blackpool tried to have a nosey upstairs. Got sent out on my ear.
@Alex-gx8ec
Ай бұрын
Great vid! More like this please…
@CubioDoJo
Ай бұрын
Hey Lewis! Love the videos!
@G0RXA
Ай бұрын
Cracking video Lewis from a regular visitor to Fleetwood. Would recommend an ice cream 🍦 from the kiosk next to the old radar unit.
@SailboatDiaries
Ай бұрын
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
@markt.3454
Ай бұрын
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.
@nofider1
Ай бұрын
Thanks Lewis. My intrigue has been sated. Thought it would soon get uploaded :-)
@bassangler73
Ай бұрын
Cool stuff!
@delmare1
Ай бұрын
Interesting video Lewis.
@Boodieman72
Ай бұрын
That was super interesting.
@PenryMMJ
Ай бұрын
But what was that giant fireball up in the sky at the start? It looked terrifying. 😁
@jamesa2961
Ай бұрын
Man. Architecture is so nice compared to the states. Another rad video man.
@Fj-fe6co
Ай бұрын
Cool. More please
@Hiram8866
Ай бұрын
That looks like a nice place to visit.
@radioweebdx7680
Ай бұрын
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.
@philsharp758
Ай бұрын
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.
@user-eh4ei8jm4n
Ай бұрын
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.
@richardmillican7733
Ай бұрын
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.
@philkennedy342
Ай бұрын
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 👍👍👍
@aston-s
Ай бұрын
I use to work for the firm who owned Fleetwood docks (pretty sure it's just been sold on) and found this interesting
@RogierYou
Ай бұрын
Interesting architecture
@johnflowers1976
Ай бұрын
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.
@RCAvhstape
Ай бұрын
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.
@DavidPritt-xh7qq
Ай бұрын
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.
@madcarew5168
Ай бұрын
That's a building in big trouble!!!
@johnnorth9355
Ай бұрын
Dad can we go play on the beach now ? lol.
@billyyank5807
29 күн бұрын
0:35 i thought that was some rundown falling over building from the further view. Nope,it was built that way!
@sprint955st
Ай бұрын
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.
@hvcomputech
Ай бұрын
Now we need THEIR video tracking you 😂
@RingwayManchester
Ай бұрын
😂😂👍🏻👍🏻
@alfascav1754
Ай бұрын
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
@paulkeith9680
Ай бұрын
In the north, yes
@GarretClaridgeMeerkat
Ай бұрын
Wicked
@BarryRowlingsonBaz
Ай бұрын
I've spotted that watch tower through binoculars from the coast near Lancaster and wondered if it was falling over.
@philsharp758
Ай бұрын
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.. ;-)
@BarneySaysHi
Ай бұрын
Did someone yeet a rock towards your drone at 0:16? "Somewhat friendly". Hmm.
@MJ-iv1es
Ай бұрын
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??
@davie2675
Ай бұрын
Blackpool being classed as the north makes me chuckle
@stillthakoolest
Ай бұрын
Does the RNLI have a similar watchstanding operation with VHF and such?
@Bond2025
Ай бұрын
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 !
@drsysop
Ай бұрын
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.
@basshorseman998
Ай бұрын
Very nice work as usual..do you do any of the video by drone?
@RingwayManchester
Ай бұрын
All footage in my videos is my own :)
@philsharp758
Ай бұрын
@@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.
@philsharp758
Ай бұрын
My first comment was deleted by KZitem , 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.
@antonydennett5938
Ай бұрын
Wow. It must have taken ages to do all that research of dates etc
@djrigga
Ай бұрын
They could of used an array radar instead of that Navico dome 😂
@spacemissing
Ай бұрын
That tower was built with a level but unfortunately not with a plumb bob.
@antonarenko3242
Ай бұрын
I live nearby and Im actually making a documentary on the Fleetwood to Knott End Ferry. I was filming last week :)
@ifell3
Ай бұрын
Hang on, so a few of these could be built on the Dover coast 🤔 now why wouldn't they do that 😅
@StormsRadiosCats
Ай бұрын
Here in the states, had that idiot taken the drone out by throwing something at it or shooting it down could be charged under US Federal law as drones can be registered with the FAA depending on the drones weight and your 107 status.
@harlycorner
Ай бұрын
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...
@trimbalemrbale575
Ай бұрын
i thought this was gonna have a CODAR antenna in it
@SECONDQUEST
Ай бұрын
"somewhat" friendly lmao
@AlanTheBeast100
Ай бұрын
Seagull @5:46 sporting its own antenna ... what about that one?
@radionorthseagold
Ай бұрын
hope its ok
@manyshnooks
Ай бұрын
No Fleetwood Mac tower? Damn
@paulkeith9680
Ай бұрын
There is, but I might be telling sweet little lies.....
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