Return-Path: Received: from rly-mb03.mail.aol.com (rly-mb03.mail.aol.com [172.20.118.139]) by air-mb03.mail.aol.com (v119.12) with ESMTP id MAILINMB34-da4712a3b61f1; Sun, 14 Oct 2007 19:18:37 -0400 Received: from post.thorcom.com (post.thorcom.com [193.82.116.20]) by rly-mb03.mail.aol.com (v119.12) with ESMTP id MAILRELAYINMB38-da4712a3b61f1; Sun, 14 Oct 2007 19:18:16 -0400 Received: from majordom by post.thorcom.com with local (Exim 4.14) id 1IhCij-0000YQ-81 for rs_out_1@blacksheep.org; Mon, 15 Oct 2007 00:18:05 +0100 Received: from [83.244.159.144] (helo=relay3.thorcom.net) by post.thorcom.com with esmtp (Exim 4.14) id 1IhCii-0000YH-GS for rsgb_lf_group@blacksheep.org; Mon, 15 Oct 2007 00:18:04 +0100 Received: from sighthound.demon.co.uk ([80.177.174.126]) by relay3.thorcom.net with esmtp (Exim 4.63) (envelope-from ) id 1IhCig-0001xN-QD for rsgb_lf_group@blacksheep.org; Mon, 15 Oct 2007 00:18:04 +0100 Received: from lurcher.twatt.local (lurcher.twatt.local [127.0.1.1]) by lurcher.twatt.local (Postfix) with ESMTP id 40735DA4FA for ; Mon, 15 Oct 2007 00:17:57 +0100 (BST) Date: Mon, 15 Oct 2007 00:17:56 +0100 From: John Pumford-Green GM4SLV To: rsgb_lf_group@blacksheep.org Message-ID: <20071015001756.151810bf@lurcher.twatt.local> In-Reply-To: <20071014231737.jr38sns9bio8s4kg@webmail.versatel.de> References: <000701c80e86$d700cea0$48e4fc3e@g3kev> <338459.59210.qm@web28106.mail.ukl.yahoo.com> <20071014193031.07a5ae31@lurcher.twatt.local> <20071014231737.jr38sns9bio8s4kg@webmail.versatel.de> Organization: The Gammy Bird X-Mailer: Claws Mail 2.10.0 (GTK+ 2.12.0; i486-pc-linux-gnu) Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Spam-Score: 0.2 (/) X-Spam-Report: autolearn=disabled,RCVD_ILLEGAL_IP=0.234 Subject: Re: LF: MF acty Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 2.63 (2004-01-11) on post.thorcom.com X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, hits=0.0 required=5.0 tests=none autolearn=no version=2.63 X-SA-Exim-Scanned: Yes Sender: owner-rsgb_lf_group@blacksheep.org Precedence: bulk Reply-To: rsgb_lf_group@blacksheep.org X-Listname: rsgb_lf_group X-SA-Exim-Rcpt-To: rs_out_1@blacksheep.org X-SA-Exim-Scanned: No; SAEximRunCond expanded to false X-AOL-IP: 193.82.116.20 X-AOL-SCOLL-AUTHENTICATION: listenair ; SPF_helo : X-AOL-SCOLL-AUTHENTICATION: listenair ; SPF_822_from : On Sun, 14 Oct 2007 23:17:37 +0200 uwe-jannsen@versanet.de wrote: > Zitat von John Pumford-Green GM4SLV : > > > > > > There probably are some stations that will only ever be active as > > beacons, but that's often due to very difficult local receiving > > conditions. At least they're doing something positive though, rather > > than sitting on the sidelines with furrowed brows. > > > Hello John, > p.e. DI2BE "will only ever be active as beacon" because it is not an > amateur- station. thats what the permit/licence expresses. > gl and thanks for the grabber. > Uwe/dj8wx/j043sv > Yes this is also true Uwe. I don't think everyone in the UK realizes that the DI and OK beacon stations are just that - beacons only, not for 2-way communications. Keep up the good work Uwe. It's great to have some signals to hear when activity levels are low. John GM4SLV IP90gg Clousta, Shetland