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Further to my previous. First time at Banias the radio room was locked and sealed. On a subsequent visit certain dodgy items were placed in the radio room prior to arrival. however on this occasion only the main ac breaker was sealed and these items were quickly re-distributed.
While working on shore in a country with destroyed infrastructure where telegrams could take ten days and always corrupted, phone calls had to be booked in advance and were routed through half a dozen intermediate stations, poor quality etc. I used to drive to a clapped out Panamanian tug which had Oceanspan/Atalanta and communicate via HF with Singapore Radio. The nearest coast station was MF only and I assumed they would not pick up my transmissions. At sea I also believed in first down the gang plank and a few times made contact with the appropriate pilotage authority in order to return to the ship as late as possible.
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