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    Default Report: Stonehaven Radio Station / Permission Visit / 01.08.2012

    Stonehaven Radio Station.
    Very interesting place, permission visit (just by asking nicely). My dad came along for this one as he sometimes worked there in the 70's.
    Some history.
    Surrounded by a ring of masts and sited high above the sea close to the ruins of Dunnottar Castle, Stonehaven Coastal Radio Station is a rare survivor. The service was operated by Post Office Telephones and subsequently British Telecom. It was associated with Merchant Navies, initially co-ordinating Search and Rescue operations between Coastguard and the RNLI. The first coastal Radio Station in the Stonehaven area was built circa 1910. With commencement of hostilities in WWII, coverage of the North Sea from Cullercoats and Wick was found to be limited. This resulted in the Admiralty building a station, opened in May 1942 and comprising an assortment of small wooden huts. Today�s modern Radio Station (see above), built to a plan soon to be repeated at Ilfracombe in Devon, was opened in January 1958 by the Inspector of Wireless Telegraphy. With the discovery of North Sea Oil in the mid 1960s special services were needed for oil companies and support vessels. By 1966 the station operated a 12-channel radiotelex system (shared with Humber) enabling rigs to work direct with company offices. By 1972, half of the station�s 17,000 calls per year were made by exploration platforms. Throughout the 1980s control of services from other stations were transferred to Stonehaven, but technical advances and the introduction of VHF direct calling in 1986 led to the closure of Stonehaven�s distress watch on 31st October, 1987. During the 1988 Piper Alpha disaster the station was heavily involved in handling back-up communications between rescue and support vessels. The introduction of Maritime Satellite systems led to the Coastal Radio Network ceasing operation in 1999.



























    The kind people that own it now even invited us back once it has all been done up !

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    Default Re: Report: Stonehaven Radio Station / Permission Visit / 01.08.2012

    Glad someones doing something with it, Looks like its had a tough life since becoming disused.
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    Default Re: Report: Stonehaven Radio Station / Permission Visit / 01.08.2012

    Fascinating, thanks for posting it up mate, I remember the piper Alpha tradgedy...much sadness
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    Default Re: Report: Stonehaven Radio Station / Permission Visit / 01.08.2012

    Interesting bit of history. It'll be good to see it all done up.

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    Default Re: Report: Stonehaven Radio Station / Permission Visit / 01.08.2012

    Nice to see something new ...Thanks for sharing
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