Return-Path: Received: from rly-mf10.mx.aol.com (rly-mf10.mail.aol.com [172.20.29.180]) by air-mf07.mail.aol.com (v121_r2.11) with ESMTP id MAILINMF071-984489f401212b; Sun, 10 Aug 2008 15:23:21 -0400 Received: from post.thorcom.com (post.thorcom.com [193.82.116.20]) by rly-mf10.mx.aol.com (v121_r2.11) with ESMTP id MAILRELAYINMF102-984489f401212b; Sun, 10 Aug 2008 15:23:01 -0400 Received: from majordom by post.thorcom.com with local (Exim 4.14) id 1KSGUV-0004cd-NK for rs_out_1@blacksheep.org; Sun, 10 Aug 2008 20:22:11 +0100 Received: from [193.82.116.32] (helo=relay1.thorcom.net) by post.thorcom.com with esmtp (Exim 4.14) id 1KSGUV-0004cU-24 for rsgb_lf_group@blacksheep.org; Sun, 10 Aug 2008 20:22:11 +0100 Received: from smtp-out-2.talktalk.net ([62.24.128.232] helo=smtp.talktalk.net) by relay1.thorcom.net with esmtp (Exim 4.63) (envelope-from ) id 1KSGUS-0007bM-Dp for rsgb_lf_group@blacksheep.org; Sun, 10 Aug 2008 20:22:11 +0100 X-Path: TTSMTP X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Filtered: true X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Result: AgMFAC/dnkhOlTXa/2dsb2JhbACCMC6BWYVUBp50 Received: from unknown (HELO mal769a60aa920) ([78.149.53.218]) by smtp.talktalk.net with SMTP; 10 Aug 2008 20:21:58 +0100 Message-ID: <002401c8fb1e$5d3c1b30$0301a8c0@mal769a60aa920> From: "mal hamilton" To: "rsgb" Date: Sun, 10 Aug 2008 20:22:00 +0100 MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2900.2180 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2900.2180 X-Karma: 0: X-Spam-Score: 0.0 (/) X-Spam-Report: autolearn=disabled,HTML_MESSAGE=0.001 Subject: LF: PROF OPS Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="----=_NextPart_000_0021_01C8FB26.BE9EB420" X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 2.63 (2004-01-11) on post.thorcom.com X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, hits=0.8 required=5.0 tests=HTML_30_40,HTML_MESSAGE autolearn=no version=2.63 X-SA-Exim-Scanned: Yes Sender: owner-rsgb_lf_group@blacksheep.org Precedence: bulk Reply-To: rsgb_lf_group@blacksheep.org X-Listname: rsgb_lf_group X-SA-Exim-Rcpt-To: rs_out_1@blacksheep.org X-SA-Exim-Scanned: No; SAEximRunCond expanded to false X-AOL-IP: 193.82.116.20 X-AOL-SCOLL-AUTHENTICATION: listenair ; SPF_helo : n X-AOL-SCOLL-AUTHENTICATION: listenair ; SPF_822_from : n ------=_NextPart_000_0021_01C8FB26.BE9EB420 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable 500 KHZ When 500 khz was allocated to radio amateurs I thought the band would be swa= mped with ex commercial Radio Officers, martine and aeronautical, this is ob= viously not the case apart from a couple of us.=20 What has gone wrong ? Some years back there was a request for a freq slot for ex marine Radio Offi= cers, who are better qualified than any radio amateur, but this was refused,= so a lot of talent and experrience faded away, instead an appliance operato= r cagegory was introduced. A wealth of experience has been lost apart from t= he tales about searfaring and flying days. 73 de Mal/G3KEV =20 ------=_NextPart_000_0021_01C8FB26.BE9EB420 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable

500 KHZ

When 500 khz was allocated to radio amateur= s I=20 thought the band would be swamped with ex commercial Radio Officers, martine= and=20 aeronautical, this is obviously not the case apart from a couple of us.=20

What has gone wrong ?

Some years back there was a request for a f= req slot=20 for ex marine Radio Officers, who are better qualified than any radio=20 amateur, but this was refused, so a lot of talent and experrience faded= =20 away, instead an appliance operator cagegory was introduced. A wealth o= f=20 experience has been lost apart from the tales about searfaring and flyi= ng=20 days.

73 de Mal/G3KEV

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