XPost: uk.radio.amateur, rec.radio.amateur.policy   
   From: ianREMOVETHISjackson@g3ohx.demon.co.uk   
      
   In message , Stephen Thomas Cole   
    writes   
   >"gareth"  wrote:   
   >> "RSGB via rec.radio.info Admin"  wrote in   
   >> message news:047d7b2e4b66da6d0c052728be96@google.com...   
   >>> The RSGB was delighted to be part of the launch events in London, Cardiff   
   >>> and Belfast We were able to explain more about amateur radio to school   
   >>> pupils and the public, and to share in the excitement of this special day.   
   >>> Tim will contact pupils by amateur radio from the ISS The first four   
   >>> school  []   
   >>   
   >> Pre-arranged line-of-sight VHF communications are not amateur radio,   
   >> CB perhaps, but definitely not amateur radio.   
   >   
   >Still, they're getting a little further than a quarter of a mile, OM!   
      
   I really can't believe the tale of only being able to achieve 1/4 mile   
   on CB. However, if it's actually true, it's certainly line-of-sight -   
   even for the short-sighted.   
   >   
      
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