Hmmmm.
I think we should consult Standard & Poors valuation of the meter before
allowing such changes. Anyway Mr. Hertz was a European and the
international standard Metre was still held in Paris last time I heard.
So, on that account I would xenophobicaly assert we on this side should
have the prior right to determine how and for what they are used!
73
On Sat, 2011-08-06 at 23:16 +0000, John P-G wrote:
>
> On Sat, 6 Aug 2011, Alan Melia wrote:
>
> > Hi Dave I appreciate the struggle with "clever", self important editors. It
> > should be changed back to 136kHz because it is irrelevant to relate to other
> > Amateur bands because it is NOT an amateur band in the States!
>
> Alan,
>
> Hear Hear!
>
> There seems to be a rash of "USA uber-alles" changes to Wiki pages
> recently, and sadly often on topics that they, or their sycophants, have
> no direct connection with. 136kHz is one such, 5MHz is another. Admittedly
> the USA has an allocation at 5MHz, but they aren't the final arbiter of
> all that happens there.
>
> From what I can see, there are some people who feel egregious enough
> to assume that they have the right, or duty, to "sanitize" the well
> intentioned work of others, without bringing any new
> knowledge or information to the work themselves.
>
> It smacks of Egotism to me...
>
> John
> GM4SLV
>
>
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