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Old June 8th 12, 11:50 AM posted to uk.rec.waterways,uk.railway,uk.transport.london
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Default BBC's Dire Coverage of the Thames Flotilla and other Jubillee Events

On Fri, 08 Jun 2012 12:15:34 +0100
Recliner wrote:
Yes, you'd think so. I assume the equipment on boats may get wetter
than in normal land conditions, and being battery-powered may not
help. They had the further problem that they lost comms when boats
went under bridges.


Yes, I noticed that. You wouldn't have thought that it would be too hard to
keep constant comms in the middle of a large flat river with plenty of sites
for antennas 4 miles from TV centre when they can manage to broadcast richard
hammonds naff gags live from the middle of umbongo land.

B2003