Channel Light Vessel Automatic
Channel Light Vessel Automatic is the name of a lightvessel in the English Channel. It is one of the 22 coastal weather stations whose conditions are automatically reported in the BBC Shipping Forecast. The vessel's position is, approximately north-northwest of Guernsey.
The lightvessel marks the western end of the English Channel Traffic Separation Zone.Signals
The light, on a tower, has a range of about 15 miles, and flashes for.3 seconds every 15 seconds. The fog signal gives a single 2 second blast every 20 seconds. The agile radio beacon transmits the letter "O" in morse code on X band and S band frequencies for nine seconds every thirty seconds.
