XPost: uk.radio.amateur, rec.radio.amateur.policy   
   From: no.sp@m.com   
      
   Ian Jackson  wrote:   
   > 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.   
   >>   
   >   
      
   The problem isn't visual impairment but a lack of technical ability. As for   
   being true, it was posted by the inept operator himself, who went on to   
   justify why the 'achievement' was reasonable in the circumstances.   
      
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