Return-Path: Received: (qmail 26435 invoked from network); 12 Feb 2001 19:35:43 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO murphys-inbound.servers.plus.net) (212.159.14.225) by excalibur.plus.net with SMTP; 12 Feb 2001 19:35:43 -0000 Received: (qmail 24403 invoked from network); 12 Feb 2001 19:35:42 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO post.thorcom.com) (212.172.148.70) by murphys with SMTP; 12 Feb 2001 19:35:42 -0000 Received: from majordom by post.thorcom.com with local (Exim 3.16 #1) id 14SOf7-0006D5-00 for rsgb_lf_group-outgoing@blacksheep.org; Mon, 12 Feb 2001 19:29:25 +0000 X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal Received: from [194.200.20.13] (helo=mailhost.netscapeonline.co.uk) by post.thorcom.com with esmtp (Exim 3.16 #1) id 14SOf6-0006D0-00 for rsgb_lf_group@blacksheep.org; Mon, 12 Feb 2001 19:29:24 +0000 Received: from userba83.netscapeonline.co.uk ([62.125.138.118] helo=netscapeonline.co.uk) by mailhost.netscapeonline.co.uk with esmtp (Exim 3.02 #1) id 14SOac-00063J-00 for rsgb_lf_group@blacksheep.org; Mon, 12 Feb 2001 19:24:50 +0000 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2800.1106 Message-ID: <3A8837E4.CB5F3A7E@netscapeonline.co.uk> Date: Mon, 12 Feb 2001 19:22:12 +0000 From: "gii3kev" Organization: Netscape Online member X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.6 [en-gb]C-CCK-MCD NetscapeOnline.co.uk (Win95; I) X-Accept-Language: en-GB,en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: rsgb_lf_group@blacksheep.org Subject: Re: LF: ARRL News Story, an objection References: <125490A005E3D3118C9C00805FC743CC01BA0A6F@KAHLESS> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Precedence: bulk Reply-To: rsgb_lf_group@blacksheep.org X-Listname: rsgb_lf_group Sender: "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