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Date: Wed, 7 Jan 2015 18:21:54 -0500
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From: Warren Ziegler <wd2xgj@gmail.com>
To: rsgb_lf_group <rsgb_lf_group@blacksheep.org>
Subject: Re: LF: Re: SAQ listenership results.
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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
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>   Sent via my own personal Too-Way (two way) Earth Station to
>>>   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.
>>>
>>
>>
>>
>


-- 
73 Warren K2ORS
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