Return-Path: Received: from rly-de04.mx.aol.com (rly-de04.mail.aol.com [172.19.170.140]) by air-de01.mail.aol.com (v121.5) with ESMTP id MAILINDE013-4cb487edf28224; Thu, 17 Jul 2008 01:57:12 -0400 Received: from post.thorcom.com (post.thorcom.com [193.82.116.20]) by rly-de04.mx.aol.com (v121.5) with ESMTP id MAILRELAYINDE042-4cb487edf28224; Thu, 17 Jul 2008 01:56:58 -0400 Received: from majordom by post.thorcom.com with local (Exim 4.14) id 1KJMTH-00086L-MR for rs_out_1@blacksheep.org; Thu, 17 Jul 2008 06:56:07 +0100 Received: from [83.244.159.144] (helo=relay3.thorcom.net) by post.thorcom.com with esmtp (Exim 4.14) id 1KJMTH-00086C-7B for rsgb_lf_group@blacksheep.org; Thu, 17 Jul 2008 06:56:07 +0100 Received: from ag-out-0708.google.com ([72.14.246.247]) by relay3.thorcom.net with esmtp (Exim 4.63) (envelope-from ) id 1KJMTE-0002pf-3x for rsgb_lf_group@blacksheep.org; Thu, 17 Jul 2008 06:56:07 +0100 Received: by ag-out-0708.google.com with SMTP id 35so4731872aga.1 for ; Wed, 16 Jul 2008 22:55:57 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=googlemail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:received:received:from:to:date:mime-version :subject:message-id:priority:in-reply-to:references:x-mailer :content-type:content-transfer-encoding:content-description:sender; bh=XY0FNMpxyyvTlH+f7Sgw+BPpkBd0oHnQL2geMLeDx0I=; b=MwUOLTVT7TTIbVfTYARNJr91x5+S05yCODjOoSsnGzcoMeH3HkzEYoAfBM6X3hJG3g POrDrLJkGMJK/smRwC2JkXog+kh79CFAP08JZjqCn/8duDBOUI0dK3rpbzlre1K3Hh5U 2FNLB69NVFh5J0UwLw1mYyyJEY81c5o3MzlB4= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=googlemail.com; s=gamma; h=from:to:date:mime-version:subject:message-id:priority:in-reply-to :references:x-mailer:content-type:content-transfer-encoding :content-description:sender; b=HXlzyfrg0GZ3Rn83DCPO0R27Pw+n08dgB8KQFVwaRQD7PByAmLq+5ezFgM9hRCAQ0G zLqWCHAjNtJBi9zqwlusX3e5fxPXirjBlw5pMQ9Zoot91t97OnAH6T0sP9FdYtm6Zi4e rTS37u8OHJcTzE8QQE+8ZQfq9cPVAuzQS18A4= Received: by 10.100.251.11 with SMTP id y11mr3564199anh.114.1216274157242; Wed, 16 Jul 2008 22:55:57 -0700 (PDT) Received: from ?192.168.1.5? ( [86.149.242.251]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id 6sm9517963ywn.0.2008.07.16.22.55.55 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=RC4-MD5); Wed, 16 Jul 2008 22:55:56 -0700 (PDT) From: "Dave Sergeant" To: rsgb_lf_group@blacksheep.org Date: Thu, 17 Jul 2008 06:55:56 +0100 MIME-Version: 1.0 Message-ID: <487EECFC.5238.20E43A@dave.davesergeant.com> In-reply-to: References: X-mailer: Pegasus Mail for Windows (4.41) Content-description: Mail message body DomainKey-Status: good (testing) X-Spam-Score: 0.0 (/) X-Spam-Report: autolearn=disabled,none Subject: Re: LF: satellites Content-type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-transfer-encoding: 7BIT X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 2.63 (2004-01-11) on post.thorcom.com X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, hits=0.0 required=5.0 tests=none 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 On 16 Jul 2008 at 18:40, GandalfG8@aol.com wrote: > Radcom is not the only "Journal" to suffer > the attack of the "designers" Electronics World has had the same tacky > "make-over" ..... > Indeed. Another casualty this week is the recently relaunched Television magazine. An excellent example of a mag which at one time was profitable with a large market but with the decline in the television repair trade, the disappearance of amateur construction and the advent of internet forums to exchange fault ideas real time meant that there was no place left for it. Relaunched in January with great promises, it lasted just six months with the editorial team going into liquidation. I would hope RadCom does not follow a similar fate, at least it is a society magazine with a guaranteed subscriber base. But similar things can be learned. With the internet covering day to day news the mag content must change to suit. It is indeed strange that there is little coverage of amateur satellites in RadCom. I remember some years ago the society made a donation to the Oscar 10 project which you would think showed some committment. But it is probably more about getting a regular contributor to produce a monthly page, which must be the responsibility of Amsat UK. 73 Dave G3YMC http://www.davesergeant.com