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   From: kinvig.netta@ntlworld.com   
      
   "Roger Hayter"  wrote in message   
   news:1nbdcua.104yfc2qx9ra8N%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.   
   >   
   >   
   nice bit of prestige for us operators Tone ...tee hee   
      
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