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Date: Sun, 7 Aug 2011 11:20:00 +0100
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Subject: Re: LF: Wikipedia 136kHz article
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Downgraded  from AAA   ... ?

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From: "Alan Melia" <alan.melia@btinternet.com>
Sent: Saturday, August 06, 2011 10:32 PM
To: <rsgb_lf_group@blacksheep.org>
Subject: Re: LF: Wikipedia 136kHz article

>
> No Graham Z- they dont have an allocation !!
> Alan
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Graham" <g8fzk@g8fzk.fsnet.co.uk>
> To: <rsgb_lf_group@blacksheep.org>
> Sent: Saturday, August 06, 2011 9:45 PM
> Subject: Re: LF: Wikipedia 136kHz article
>
>
>> So it only  rates  AA+   then ?
>>
>> G.
>>
>> --------------------------------------------------
>> From: "Dave Sergeant" <dave@davesergeant.com>
>> Sent: Saturday, August 06, 2011 9:32 PM
>> To: <rsgb_lf_group@blacksheep.org>
>> Subject: LF: Wikipedia 136kHz article
>>
>> >
>> > Not sure whether this has been mentioned on this reflector yet (cannot
>> > check as there are no archives...).
>> >
>> > The Wikipedia article on 136kHz, which quite a few of us on here
>> > contributed to over the years, has just been renamed to '2200-meter
>> > band' by a US Wikipedia editor 'to comply with all other amateur band
>> > articles which have names in meters'. You can now find the article at
>> > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2200-meter_band
>> >
>> > Myself and Stewart G3YSX have already commented on the article's talk
>> > page pointing out that 136kHz has long been the agreed and used name
>> > for the band. As always with Wikipedia you have an upward struggle
>> > against smartie type editors who go out of their way to bring
>> > everything into Wikipedia house style. For this reason I do very little
>> > on Wikipedia these days as I have got frustrated in the past in various
>> > places. There is a similar issue with the 60-meter article at the
>> > moment.
>> >
>> > If anybody else here wants to add to the comments on the article talk
>> > page it would be appreciated. We MAY win this battle... Remember
>> > anybody can edit/comment on Wikipedia, though it does sometimes help if
>> > you have set up an account so we can see who you are.
>> >
>> > 73 Dave G3YMC
>> >
>> >
>> > http://www.davesergeant.com
>> >
>> >
>> >
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