Return-Path: Received: (qmail 24270 invoked from network); 25 Jan 2001 04:12:40 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO murphys-inbound.servers.plus.net) (212.159.14.225) by 10.226.25.101 with SMTP; 25 Jan 2001 04:12:40 -0000 Received: (qmail 7662 invoked from network); 25 Jan 2001 04:16:09 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO post.thorcom.com) (212.172.148.70) by murphys with SMTP; 25 Jan 2001 04:16:09 -0000 Received: from majordom by post.thorcom.com with local (Exim 3.16 #1) id 14Ldif-0002t2-00 for rsgb_lf_group-outgoing@blacksheep.org; Thu, 25 Jan 2001 04:09:09 +0000 Received: from mta03.mail.au.uu.net ([203.2.192.83] helo=mta03.mail.mel.aone.net.au) by post.thorcom.com with esmtp (Exim 3.16 #1) id 14Ldid-0002sx-00 for rsgb_lf_group@blacksheep.org; Thu, 25 Jan 2001 04:09:07 +0000 Received: from mstubbs ([63.60.255.72]) by mta03.mail.mel.aone.net.au with SMTP id <20010125040851.SEUG19418.mta03.mail.mel.aone.net.au@mstubbs> for ; Thu, 25 Jan 2001 15:08:51 +1100 Message-ID: <002001c08684$686aab00$48ff3c3f@mstubbs> From: "Michael Stubbs-Race" To: rsgb_lf_group@blacksheep.org Subject: LF: Reality Date: Thu, 25 Jan 2001 15:03:41 +1100 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/html; charset=windows-1252 X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.50.4522.1200 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2800.1106 Precedence: bulk Reply-To: rsgb_lf_group@blacksheep.org X-Listname: rsgb_lf_group Sender: Content-transfer-encoding: 8bit

Nicely put Steve.

I think one thing we overlook is that the powers-that-be really aren't interested in amateur radio, and have little on no experience of it. In fact to them it's just nuisance value.

Our future, as you correctly point out, is to look to the future with whatever technology offers, making choices appropriate for a particular band and conditions.

. . . . . . . but I still like Morse best of all !

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Mike VK2ASR / G3JYE