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Date: Tue, 02 Feb 2010 23:08:30 +0000
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Hi All,

Having past experience of negotiating with our national regulators, I am
always respectful and appreciative of those who do this work as unpaid
volunteers.
A well-known colleague of ours in this group was for a number of years
also a business partner of mine. His advice to me when I embarked on
similar work from within our trade federation was that I should always
assume that, no matter the subject, the automatic initial response from
the 'sybil serpents' to any question or request would be 'NO', 'NON',
'Ce ne'st possible', 'Absolutely Not!', 'Over our dead bodies', 'We have
no rational argument BUT WE ARE your Humble Servants and it IS in your
best interests to refuse you permission to do something worthwhile and
sensible! (even more so if you might profit from it)'

As I suggested in my earlier email, drink a big toast to such seekers of
the grail who do pit themselves against the serried ranks of 'Bro
Crassy' who govern in spite of and in (default) cahoots with our learned
and wise 'Polly Tickle Masters'!

'Twas ever thus  




On Tue, 2010-02-02 at 21:41 +0200, Paul-Henrik wrote:
> Dear Mal.
> 
> Send your mails on this subject to all "OFCOM's" in EU instead. One mail every
> day to each country would give them something to think about.
> 
> Personally I have spent countless hours writing up agendas, papers and e-mails
> to our telecom authority to somehow get OH on 500kHz. Plus some unpaid offdays
> from work to see the authority in person. Plus paid the tickets myself
> everytime to get there (400km or so one-way). Get up early, home late. For two
> years now, and in vein. Not giving up though.
> 
> I'm sure the same process is taking place elsewhere in EU as well. People
> working hard on their own time to convince their authorities it is time for a
> change and that the current RR frequency table does not reflect the current
> situation on/around 500kHz.
> 
> The hams in EU are progressive but penetrating a brick wall with a toothpick
> takes it's time.
> 
> BR
> 
> Paul-Henrik, OH1LSQ
> 
> 
> Quoting mal hamilton <g3kevmal@talktalk.net>:
> 
> > Presently active in cw qso mode, several PA stns plus 2 LA stns. Where are
> > the French and German stns? not to mention Marconi !!!!!
> > I thought EU was progressive !!
> > G3KEV
> >
> >
> 
> 
> 
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(east coast, county of suffolk)