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Date: Mon, 12 Feb 2001 19:16:58 +0000
From: "gii3kev" <gii3kev@netscapeonline.co.uk>
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Subject: Re: LF: ARRL News Story, an objection
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"Lindquist, Rick, N1RL" wrote:

> Hi, Larry and others
>
> Since *our* "ox is being gored" (please note the spelling of the word--it's
> "gored"; I'll assume that you typoed it, just as I did in one instance of
> two of your call sign in our Web story), I feel a few words from our corner
> are in order.
>
> The information about the AMRAD beacon's being heard by G4CNN was attributed
> to John Sexton, G4CNN. The ARRL did not make up this information, nor did we
> have any particular stake in it. Lacking immediate capability to verify his
> reception to a certainty, we simply recounted his report and attributed it
> to him, as we've done in many similar instances in the past. We now have new
> information that G4CNN was mistaken. We will revise our account to include
> the fact that the earlier information unfortunately turned out to be in
> error--an honest mistake, as it were.
>
> Are there any other "facts" that you would like to dispute? Please get in
> touch. Also, feel free to share any of the "number of emails highly critical
> of the League" that you have received.
>
> Mike, Andre shared an e-mail that mentioned some inaccuracies, and I also
> did not catch the typo from an e-mail I received (VE1ZZ instead of VE1ZJ).
> We've fixed that one too. Our apologies for the inadvertent call sign
> errors.
>
> The quality of our reporting is only as good as the information we get, an
> occasional inadvertent error or misunderstanding nothwithstanding, of
> course. We'd like to be as accurate as possible.
>
> Oh, and the word is "whose" (as in "whose ox"), not "who's". Another typo, I
> guess. Well, we humans all make mistakes now and then, don't we?
>
> Assuming we're all on the same side here, I hope we can report future LF
> achievements, and if errors creep into our reporting, understand that they
> are unintentional; please let me know directly, and we'll be happy to fix
> them.

Rick om.
You are forgetting that English for some is their Second or Third
language and
not their native tongue.What is your Irish, Arabic, Dutch or French like
?  but
to mention a few.
It looks like G4CNN got you into this mess hi !!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Be careful
in
future to check with a third party for proof before publishing.
I think QST is a good publication and on par with the Japanese CQ
magazine. 73
magazine was good and produced by the Leagues friend Wayne Green
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Its a good job he is not about at the moment
!!!!!!!
73 de Mal/G3KEV


>
>
> 73, Rick N1RL
>
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> Rick Lindquist, N1RL
> Senior News Editor
> ARRL--The National Association for Amateur Radio
> 860-594-0222
> n1rl@arrl.org
> See Late-Breaking Amateur Radio News at http://www.arrl.org/
> Read Amateur Radio News in The ARRL Letter at
> http://www.arrl.org/arrlletter
> Hear Amateur Radio News on ARRL Audio News at
> http://www.arrl.org/arrlletter/audio/
> (or call 860-594-0384)
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Larry Kayser [mailto:kayser@sympatico.ca]
> Sent: Friday, February 09, 2001 9:08 AM
> To: rsgb_lf_group@blacksheep.org; : "Andre' Kesteloot"; "Mike Dennison";
> n1rl@arrl.org
> Subject: Re: LF: ARRL News Story, an objection
>
> Gentlemen:
>
> I am not impressed, then again it is my call that is wrong not yours.  I
> guess it depends who's ox is getting goared.  Frankly, having now received a
> number of emails highly critical of the League I am of the opinion that no
> news at all is much better than news that is incorrect factually.
>
> Larry
> VA3LK