The Premium Bond draw was started by Capt. H. Clayton pressing a button on the steamer “Queen of the Channel” off Ramsgate, thus setting in motion a ship-to-shore VHF radio link 250 miles avway. Fifteen minutes later, the Assistant Postmaster General came through on radio telephone to announce the number of the first prize. It was the first time the PO VHF radio telephone service via the North Foreland has been used to actuate electronic equipment ashore.