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Article: RNLI warns sea users: use VHF not mobile phones.
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- M2 Presswire
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- August 26, 2005
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M2 PRESSWIRE-26 August 2005-RNLI: RNLI warns sea users: use VHF not mobile phones(C)1994-2005 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD
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The RNLI strongly urges all sea users to use a VHF marine radio set rather than rely on mobile phones at sea. The advice follows a spate of recent rescues when mobile phones have had to be relied upon during emergencies.
On Monday 22 August Lyme Regis RNLI inshore lifeboat rescued four people in a powerboat off Burton Bradstock in Dorset when the glow from their mobile phones were used to locate the vessel.
The rescue of this 17-ft boat, that did not have VHF fitted, occurred in the dark when the craft's lights were not working. ...