Return-Path: Received: from rly-mg07.mx.aol.com (rly-mg07.mail.aol.com [172.20.83.113]) by air-mg03.mail.aol.com (v119.12) with ESMTP id MAILINMG031-a234725a98545; Mon, 29 Oct 2007 05:36:47 -0400 Received: from post.thorcom.com (post.thorcom.com [193.82.116.20]) by rly-mg07.mx.aol.com (v119.12) with ESMTP id MAILRELAYINMG075-a234725a98545; Mon, 29 Oct 2007 05:36:06 -0400 Received: from majordom by post.thorcom.com with local (Exim 4.14) id 1ImR1a-0008Qy-Fn for rs_out_1@blacksheep.org; Mon, 29 Oct 2007 09:35:10 +0000 Received: from [83.244.159.144] (helo=relay3.thorcom.net) by post.thorcom.com with esmtp (Exim 4.14) id 1ImR1B-0008Qn-3Q for rsgb_lf_group@blacksheep.org; Mon, 29 Oct 2007 09:34:45 +0000 Received: from sighthound.demon.co.uk ([80.177.174.126]) by relay3.thorcom.net with esmtp (Exim 4.63) (envelope-from ) id 1ImR0Z-0001ee-Ea for rsgb_lf_group@blacksheep.org; Mon, 29 Oct 2007 09:34:45 +0000 Received: from lurcher.twatt.local (lurcher.twatt.local [127.0.1.1]) by lurcher.twatt.local (Postfix) with ESMTP id D8945DA4D6 for ; Mon, 29 Oct 2007 09:33:11 +0000 (GMT) Date: Mon, 29 Oct 2007 09:33:11 +0000 (GMT) From: John Pumford-Green GM4SLV X-X-Sender: gm4slv@lurcher.twatt.local To: rsgb_lf_group@blacksheep.org In-Reply-To: <47259D0F.4883.798AED@dave.davesergeant.com> Message-ID: References: <8E8D23D235D70840B6582917DF27898006935B1D@temps153538.tms-ltd.com>, <731EB49F88B309428FFDDD2423F810E41A88BC@HERMES4.ds.leeds.ac.uk>, <20071029081429.3f942f6b@lurcher.twatt.local> <47259D0F.4883.798AED@dave.davesergeant.com> X-Mailer: Pine MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Spam-Score: 0.2 (/) X-Spam-Report: autolearn=disabled,RCVD_ILLEGAL_IP=0.234 Subject: Re: LF: RADCOM Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 2.63 (2004-01-11) on post.thorcom.com X-Spam-Level: * X-Spam-Status: No, hits=1.1 required=5.0 tests=NO_DNS_FOR_FROM 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 : X-AOL-SCOLL-AUTHENTICATION: listenair ; SPF_822_from : On Mon, 29 Oct 2007, Dave Sergeant wrote: > So enough of the bickering, RadCom has to cater for a wide range of > interests. I agree about the "wide range of interests" but, along with seemingly many here, I find the "wide range of interests" it caters for to be mundane, simplistic and on the whole non-technical. This is (meant to be) a technical, experimental, educational, semi-scientific hobby. RADCOM rarely reflects this. The many, many pages of adverts, all for the same selection of (mainly Japanese) electronic trickery-pokery black-boxes indicate just who the target audience is. Certainly not the sort that pull out their junk-boxes and knock together a station to activate a band like 500kHz. Mal called for us to get off the fence and express our thoughts on the subject. That's my tuppence worth.... now back to the serious business. BTW does anyone know of something along the lines of a QRO version of SPRAT? A magazine for tinkerers in the RF arts? I'm not interested in QRO per-se but a periodical containing articles about more complex, larger or higher power gear done in the style of SPRAT would make a great read, don't you think? Cheers, John