Return-Path: Received: (qmail 10605 invoked from network); 13 Mar 2003 08:51:53 -0000 Received: from murphys.services.quay.plus.net (212.159.14.225) by mailstore with SMTP; 13 Mar 2003 08:51:53 -0000 Received: (qmail 26425 invoked from network); 13 Mar 2003 08:51:48 -0000 Received: from post.thorcom.com (193.82.116.70) by murphys.services.quay.plus.net with SMTP; 13 Mar 2003 08:51:47 -0000 X-SQ: A Received: from majordom by post.thorcom.com with local (Exim 4.12) id 18tOQk-0005I0-00 for rsgb_lf_group-outgoing@blacksheep.org; Thu, 13 Mar 2003 08:51:14 +0000 Received: from [212.159.14.221] (helo=netmail02.services.quay.plus.net) by post.thorcom.com with smtp (Exim 4.12) id 18tOQg-0005Hr-00 for rsgb_lf_group@blacksheep.org; Thu, 13 Mar 2003 08:51:10 +0000 Received: (qmail 28668 invoked from network); 13 Mar 2003 08:50:39 -0000 Received: from ctuash.sonnetinternet.co.uk (HELO Hugh) (212.159.90.113) by netmail02.services.quay.plus.net with SMTP; 13 Mar 2003 08:50:39 -0000 Message-ID: <000701c2e93d$7f499200$3704210a@Hugh> From: "Hugh M0WYE" To: rsgb_lf_group@blacksheep.org Date: Thu, 13 Mar 2003 08:49:27 -0000 MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.50.4133.2400 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2800.1106 Subject: LF: The leT/A of the law Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Spam-Status: No, hits=0.0 required=5.0tests=noneversion=2.50 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 2.50 (1.173-2003-02-20-exp) X-SA-Exim-Scanned: Yes Sender: Precedence: bulk Reply-To: rsgb_lf_group@blacksheep.org X-Listname: rsgb_lf_group X-SA-Exim-Rcpt-To: rsgb_lf_group-outgoing@blacksheep.org X-SA-Exim-Scanned: No; SAEximRunCond expanded to false Hi All, It seems to me that this transatlantic stuff is stretching the rules somewhat. a) It is difficult to send your callsign every 15 minutes when it takes that longer than that to send your callsign ! b) With people setting their transmitter to come on with timers in the early hours while they are asleep, you can hardly call it "attended" operation. c) There beacon type transmissions are more in the nature of a broadcast, than establishing contact, individually, with other licenced amateurs. I'm not saying anybody's doing anything "wrong" because it has all been very much within the spirit of amateur radio - I'm just wondering if the rules need to be looked at, and modified to allow the use of very low-speed communications. 73 Hugh M0WYE