From: "Mike Dennison" <mike.dennison@ntlworld.com>
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Date: Tue, 28 Dec 2004 10:55:32 -0000
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> Our behaviour now may have reprecussions in those "corridor
> negotiations at Geneva."  Considering the fragile state of global
> politics and the sensibilities of some nations, any unilateral
> behavoiur on the part of a couple of us may turn the favour away from
> our common intent of a world wide 2200m amatuer band.
> Remember the primary purpose in THEIR eyes, for our experiments, is
> that we must prove that we won't create problems either
> electromagneticly OR politically.
> Scott, VE7TIL

I was involved with negotiations between the RSGB and the 
UK licensing authority for many years, both as a volunteer 
and a member of staff, and agree entirely with Scott's 
comments.

My experience is that authorities are happy to encourage 
experimentation, provided there is no impact on other 
services. What they do not like is amateurs taking 
advantage and bending the rules, or seeking loopholes in 
the rules. The reference to "corridor negotiations" is 
accurate at national and international level, and relies on 
trust between the parties. This trust is damaged by 
unilateral action and 'boat rocking' by individuals. Patience 
is the keyword - responsible use of a small concession is 
often followed by a larger concession. Most facilities we 
take for granted now (including most of our bands) were 
illegal once.

Mike, G3XDV
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