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Subject: Re: LF: Re: SAQ listenership results.
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Warren,

I am not aware that we have a meaningful education system such that a 
subject like this would form part of the curriculum!

I sometimes wonder if we teach anything meaningful anymore - except 
perhaps "meedja studies"!

73

de Pat G4GVW
QTH Nr Felixstowe, Suffolk
East coast of UK

On 07/01/15 23:21, Warren Ziegler wrote:
> Tobias, Markus,
>
>     Please do not take offence, I am of German heritage so I include
> myself in my remarks :-)
>
> 73 Warren
>
>
> On Wed, Jan 7, 2015 at 4:22 PM, Tobias DG3LV <DG3LV@gmx.net> wrote:
>> Hi Warren, Pete !
>>
>> As "listener ship" just those people are counted, who wanted to get a
>> QSL-card from SAQ, it is not correlated to the number of listeners.
>>
>> The Radiostation SAQ Grimeton had been featured several times in German
>> television. There is a 15 min sequel of the series "Heritage of the World"
>> about SAQ, that is broadcasted frequently on several stations. German Radio
>> Club DARC has been promoting the reception of SAQ to VLF-enthusiasts among
>> hams (and non-hams) every year. It is easy to receive, when you are just
>> some 100 miles away from the powerful ancient transmitter. And Christmas is
>> all about nostalgia, so SAQ fits perfectly.
>>
>> 73 de dg3lv Tobias
>>
>> Am 07.01.2015 um 20:45 schrieb Warren Ziegler:
>>
>>> Pete,
>>>
>>>       snip <It shows an over whelming listener ship in Germany of 171.
>>>    Contrast this with the UK‘s 25. Germany has barely twice
>>>    our population. It must be a metric that says something
>>>    about the UK’s technical education system and those who
>>>    purport to be promoting Science and Radio in the UK.>
>>>
>>>        I think this is an over-generalization based on extremely limited
>>> data, one could just as easily say that the Germans are more nostalgic
>>> or enamored with 100+ year old technology.
>>>
>>> 73 Warren
>>>
>>>
>>> On Wed, Jan 7, 2015 at 2:21 PM, M0FMT <m0fmt@yahoo.co.uk> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>    Hi all
>>>>
>>>>    Just got the results from the Christmas SAQ listener report
>>>>    from Lars.
>>>>
>>>>    It shows an over whelming listener ship in Germany of 171.
>>>>    Contrast this with the UK‘s 25. Germany has barely twice
>>>>    our population. It must be a metric that says something
>>>>    about the UK’s technical education system and those who
>>>>    purport to be promoting Science and Radio in the UK.
>>>>
>>>>    73 es GL Pete M0FMT IO91UX
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
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>>>>    and from the Eutelsat Ka-band satellite  http://www.tooway.co.uk/  at
>>>> approximately 172
>>>>    degrees Azimuth in the Clarke belt owing to BTs 19th century
>>>>    cable technology inability to provide a good enough 21st
>>>>    century broadband service. I agree for this message to be
>>>>    passed on to BT Plc at 81 Newgate Street, London EC1A 7AJ
>>>>    via the snoops at GCHQ Cheltenham, thanks for your
>>>>    cooperation it is appreciated.
>>>>
>>>
>>>
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