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Date: Sun, 18 Jun 2006 12:11:01 +0200
From: "John RABSON" <john.rabson@wanadoo.fr>
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See Mal's remarks below: where are the black box appliances which I can buy=
 for 136kHz?  Or walkie-talkies for 1.3GHz? 

If you can't buy commercial equipment, you have to build it. Perhaps Mal=
 would regard the above bands and the higher microwave ones as the last=
 refuge of "real" amateur radio.  For my part, I have noticed in recent=
 years an upsurge of operation on 7MHz CW by M3s.

As far as the ability to build something is concerned, I believe the=
 Intermediate and Full UK licence exam require candidates to build=
 something.  Last year my local radio club in Suffolk was going through a=
 Health & Safety review because the students needed to be able to solder. 

F5VLF/G3PAI

>----- Original Message -----
>From: "hamilton mal" <g3kev.ham@virgin.net>
>To: "rsgb" <rsgb_lf_group@blacksheep.org>
>Sent: 17 June 2006 18:30
>Subject: LF: LF LOW
>
>
>> LF seems to be an all time low, no acty at all recently, it is hardly
>worth
>> the effort.The internet and mobile phones seem to be a better bet,
>followed
>> by vhf/uhf then hf if you want to talk to someone.
>> Most operators are now appliance ops, no cw or technical skills required
>any
>> more.The norm now is buy a box, plug in and go. In fact most amateurs
>today
>> cannot solder, or even change a fuse, hardly amateur radio.
>>
>> 73 G3KEV
>>
>> on
>>
>>
>>