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   From: roger@hayter.org   
      
   Spike  wrote:   
      
   > On 25/08/2017 14:20, Brian Morrison wrote:   
   > > On Fri, 25 Aug 2017 08:14:35 +0100   
   > > Spike  wrote:   
   >   
   > >> A much better idea would have been to nominate him for a civilian   
   > >> honour, which is far better understood than any upgraded licence would   
   > >> have been. It's what civilian honours are for, after all.   
   >   
   >   
   > > WHS!   
   >   
   > It's an interesting comment on the times in which we currently live, and   
   > perhaps on the training scheme in this country, that an M6 should be   
   > considered for a unique radio-related award because he operated a radio   
   > satisfactorily - and in addition that people be so moved by this to   
   > suggest an unprecedented method of recognition of it.   
      
   It's not that easy to do expeditiously, and even some old people might   
   have made a hash of it.  So I agree it is not outstanding, but it was   
   competently done, and *very* good for the hobby's non-existent public   
   image.   
      
      
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