Return-Path: Received: (qmail 16459 invoked from network); 15 May 2003 11:28:50 -0000 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Received: from netmail01.services.quay.plus.net (212.159.14.219) by mailstore with SMTP; 15 May 2003 11:28:50 -0000 X-Priority: 3 Received: (qmail 28352 invoked by uid 10001); 15 May 2003 11:28:50 -0000 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal Received: from post.thorcom.com (193.82.116.70) by netmail01.services.quay.plus.net with SMTP; 15 May 2003 11:28:50 -0000 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2800.1106 X-SQ: A Received: from majordom by post.thorcom.com with local (Exim 4.14) id 19GGts-0002Ja-IP for rsgb_lf_group-outgoing@blacksheep.org; Thu, 15 May 2003 12:27:52 +0100 Received: from [147.197.200.9] (helo=hestia.herts.ac.uk) by post.thorcom.com with esmtp (Exim 4.14) id 19GGte-0002JR-2q for rsgb_lf_group@blacksheep.org; Thu, 15 May 2003 12:27:38 +0100 Received: from gemini ([147.197.200.44] helo=gemini.herts.ac.uk) by hestia.herts.ac.uk with esmtp (Exim 3.22 #1) id 19GGtG-00020O-00; Thu, 15 May 2003 12:27:14 +0100 Received: from [147.197.232.252] (helo=rsch-15.herts.ac.uk) by gemini.herts.ac.uk with esmtp (Exim 3.33 #1) id 19GGt4-0000or-00; Thu, 15 May 2003 12:27:03 +0100 Message-ID: <5.1.0.14.0.20030515120743.00aeeca8@gemini.herts.ac.uk> X-Sender: mj9ar@gemini.herts.ac.uk X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Version 5.1 Date: Thu, 15 May 2003 12:27:01 +0100 To: rsgb_lf_group@blacksheep.org, lowfer@mailman.qth.net From: "James Moritz" In-reply-to: <1e7.8ec8510.2bf436e5@aol.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 X-MailScanner: No Virus detected Subject: Re: LF: No US Ham Band Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed X-Spam-Status: No, hits=-3.3 required=5.0tests=IN_REP_TOversion=2.53 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 2.53 (1.174.2.15-2003-03-30-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 Dear John, LF group, Lowfers Very sorry to hear about the FCC's absurd decision. The ARRL report reads:- >The FCC said a new amateur LF allocation is not justified "when balanced against the greater public interest of an interference-free power grid." Have they got this the right way round? Virtually all radio services on LF suffer a continual and steadily increasing amount of interference from the power grid, but I have yet to hear of an instance where radio signals cause interference problems to the power grid. All seems a bit "Alice in Wonderland"...as if a secretary somewhere had made a typo, and no-one who knew anything about the subject had ever checked it. Cheers, Jim Moritz 73 de M0BMU