Warren,
I think it was Alan Melia who said “When dealing with Authority, try to avoid
asking a question to which you might not like the answer”.
73 John
On 11 Feb 2014, at 15:29CET, Warren Ziegler <[email protected]> wrote:
> John,
>
> Good background information.
> A few years ago someone on the U.S. longwave reflector decided that it was a
> good idea to pepper the FCC with very pointed and specific questions. I
> recall e-mailing Bill Ashlock (now s.k.) and saying something along the lines
> of "you can talk yourself out of all sorts of privileges", Bill printed that
> out and hung it on the wall of his radio shack!
>
> 73 Warren
>
>
>
> On Tue, Feb 11, 2014 at 9:09 AM, John Rabson <[email protected]> wrote:
> My understanding is that, when dealing with Ofcom’s predecessors, the RSGB
> sometimes found it useful not to ask outright for a specific facility, but
> rather to say “If we were to ask you a question along the following lines
> …... what might your answer be?”.
>
> This allowed the licensing authority to comment without having to say Yes or
> No. What they sometimes did was to say “We would not be able to give you
> that, but if you were to ask for this ...… we might be able to do something
> for you”.
>
> Certainly, as has been pointed out in this and related conversations, there
> are some questions which the authorities would rather we did not ask – so
> long as we do not cause them difficulties.
>
> John F5VLF/G3PAI
>
> On 11 Feb 2014, at 14:49CET, Warren Ziegler <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> > Roger,
> > I am not sure of the relationship U.K. amateurs have with OFCOM, but I
> > found that here in the U.S. it is better NOT to ask. If you ask a
> > bureaucrat they will naturally fall into CYA mode and give you the most
> > restrictive and conservative interpretation of the rules. Remember, it is
> > easier to ask for forgiveness than it is to ask for permission!
> >
> > 73 Warren
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > On Tue, Feb 11, 2014 at 6:00 AM, Roger Lapthorn <[email protected]>
> > wrote:
> > Still awaiting OFCOM responses after about 8 working days since first email
> > sent. Will post reply here, assuming they ever manage one. I am not
> > hopeful.
> >
> > 73s
> > Roger G3XBM
> >
> >
> >
> > ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> > From: Roger Lapthorn <[email protected]>
> > Date: 10 February 2014 13:46
> > Subject: Questions about 73kHz and sub 8.3kHz
> > To: [email protected]
> >
> >
> > Early last week I emailed OFCOM but I have still not received responses:
> >
> > My questions were:
> >
> > Am I correct in assuming that radio amateurs may legally experiment in the
> > old 73kHz band as long as output power is less than 72dBuA/m at 10m? This
> > is the limit for licence-exempt inductive devices.
> >
> > Also, please can you confirm that no licence is needed to operate below
> > 8.3kHz (assuming no harmful interference to services above 8.3kHz). This
> > part of the spectrum is unallocated.
> >
> > Thanks
> >
> > Roger Lapthorn
> >
> > --
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> > http://www.g3xbm.co.uk
> > https://sites.google.com/site/sub9khz/
> > http://qss2.blogspot.com/
> > http://www.youtube.com/user/g3xbm
> >
> >
> >
> > --
> > 73 Warren K2ORS
> > WD2XGJ
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> >
> >
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> --
> 73 Warren K2ORS
> WD2XGJ
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