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Date: Mon, 31 Jan 2011 12:30:28 -0500
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From: Warren Ziegler <wd2xgj@gmail.com>
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Mal,

  Yes there has always been jamming, sometimes very effective and sometime=
s not.
But in a case like Egypt it is very easy to pull the plug on the
internet in a matter of minutes, erecting a jamming transmitter and
antennas takes a bit longer.

--=20
73 Warren K2ORS
=A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 WD2XGJ
=A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 WD2XSH/23
=A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 WE2XEB/2
=A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 WE2XGR/1



On Mon, Jan 31, 2011 at 11:27 AM, mal hamilton <g3kevmal@talktalk.net> wro=
te:
> Warren
> You are correct about the Internet being vunerable but you forgot to men=
tion
> Broadcast JAMMING which is a regular occurance when your information is=
 not
> wanted. This renders the transmitted information useless.
> g3kev
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Warren Ziegler" <wd2xgj@gmail.com>
> To: <rsgb_lf_group@blacksheep.org>
> Sent: Monday, January 31, 2011 12:50 PM
> Subject: Re: LF: OT End of the BBC World Service on Shortwave
>
>
> John, Pete,
>
> =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0I'll keep it brief since we are getting further off-t=
opic.
> I have two thoughts on the end of the BBC World Service on Shortwave:
>
> 1) The reliance on the Internet for program distribution is worrisome.
> One only need look at Egypt where the Internet is shut down, or China
> where it is censored.
>
> 2) The BBC World Service gives the U.K. considerable stature in the
> World, in other words the U.K. is a small country with a big voice and
> international role. Elimination of the World Service will make the
> U.K. just another small, non-descript country in the EU.
>
> 73 Warren K2ORS
>
>
>
> On Mon, Jan 31, 2011 at 5:20 AM, M0FMT <m0fmt@yahoo.co.uk> wrote:
>> Hi Warren
>>
>> My immediate response is that if you like it that much why not pay Engl=
ish
>> tax to help maintain it.
>>
>> However the BBC world service, the Government mouth-piece, is currently
>> funded by direct taxation which is probable more equitable than the new
> plan
>> which is to fund it out of the compulsory so called Licence Fee, collec=
ted
>> under threat of imprisonment, which is really a tax on a tax i.e. paid=
 out
>> of taxed income.
>>
>> This is the dark side of English culture.
>>
>> 73 es GL petefmt
>>
>> ________________________________
>> From: Warren Ziegler <wd2xgj@gmail.com>
>> To: rsgb_lf_group@blacksheep.org
>> Sent: Mon, 31 January, 2011 5:15:48
>> Subject: LF: OT End of the BBC World Service on Shortwave
>>
>> Sad day...
>>
> http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2011/jan/28/bbc-world-service-cuts-respo=
nse
>>
>> Guess I'll have to rely on the 198 longwave transmissions.
>>
>> --
>> 73 Warren K2ORS
>> WD2XGJ
>> WD2XSH/23
>> WE2XEB/2
>> WE2XGR/1
>>
>>
>>
>
>
>
> --
> 73 Warren K2ORS
> WD2XGJ
> WD2XSH/23
> WE2XEB/2
> WE2XGR/1
>
>
>
>