Return-Path: Received: (qmail 29832 invoked from network); 9 Feb 2001 20:27:52 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO murphys-inbound.servers.plus.net) (212.159.14.225) by excalibur.plus.net with SMTP; 9 Feb 2001 20:27:52 -0000 Received: (qmail 21208 invoked from network); 9 Feb 2001 20:27:52 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO post.thorcom.com) (212.172.148.70) by murphys with SMTP; 9 Feb 2001 20:27:52 -0000 Received: from majordom by post.thorcom.com with local (Exim 3.16 #1) id 14RK2O-0006nF-00 for rsgb_lf_group-outgoing@blacksheep.org; Fri, 09 Feb 2001 20:21:00 +0000 Received: from mta2-rme.xtra.co.nz ([203.96.92.3]) by post.thorcom.com with esmtp (Exim 3.16 #1) id 14RK2M-0006nA-00 for rsgb_lf_group@blacksheep.org; Fri, 09 Feb 2001 20:20:59 +0000 Received: from xtr743187 ([202.27.178.60]) by mta2-rme.xtra.co.nz with SMTP id <20010209202009.YKQT13182994.mta2-rme.xtra.co.nz@xtr743187> for ; Sat, 10 Feb 2001 09:20:09 +1300 Message-ID: <005d01c092d6$8b7dada0$aab21bca@xtr743187> From: "Vernall" To: rsgb_lf_group@blacksheep.org References: <3A83E830.5192.C534B3@localhost> Subject: LF: Re: ARRL News Story Date: Sat, 10 Feb 2001 09:22:13 +1300 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.00.2919.6600 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2800.1106 Precedence: bulk Reply-To: rsgb_lf_group@blacksheep.org X-Listname: rsgb_lf_group Sender: Mike, I do not agree with your glossing over error-rate in articles: > It has been pointed out, quite correctly, that the ARRL story about > LF operating has errors in it. > > In defense of my fellow journalists, I will say that given limited > resources it is inevitable that some errors will creep into any article. Editorial errors give the publisher a bad image with knowledgeable readers. Getting it right the first time takes a lot of beating. 73, Bob ZL2CA