Date: Sat, 6 Aug 2011 23:16:31 +0000 (GMT Standard Time)
From: John P-G <gm4slv@sighthound.demon.co.uk>
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On Sat, 6 Aug 2011, Alan Melia wrote:

> Hi Dave I appreciate the struggle with "clever", self important editors. It
> should be changed back to 136kHz because it is irrelevant to relate to other
> Amateur bands because it is NOT an amateur band in the States! 

Alan,

Hear Hear!

There seems to be a rash of "USA uber-alles" changes to Wiki pages 
recently, and sadly often on topics that they, or their sycophants, have 
no direct connection with. 136kHz is one such, 5MHz is another. Admittedly 
the USA has an allocation at 5MHz, but they aren't the final arbiter of 
all that happens there.

>From what I can see, there are some people who feel egregious enough 
to assume that they have the right, or duty, to "sanitize" the well 
intentioned work of others, without bringing any new 
knowledge or information to the work themselves. 

It smacks of Egotism to me...

John
GM4SLV