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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