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   From: ianREMOVETHISjackson@g3ohx.co.uk   
      
   In message , Gareth's Downstairs Computer   
    writes   
   >On 08/03/2018 11:50, Southgate Amateur Radio News RSS Feed wrote:   
   >>  The Icom UK D-STAR repeater, GB7IC, nears the magical figure of 2000   
   >>D-STAR callsign registrations. GB7IC's first registration was way back   
   >>in April 2008, and ten years later nearly 2000 people have registered   
   >>via our repeater to the gateway   
   >   
   >Presumambly all CBers and fools' licensees wanting BBC quality   
   >telephone conversations, for whatevet else it is, it is definitely   
   >not amateur radio.   
   >   
   While it's undeniable that all this modern stuff is wonderful, I'm not   
   sure that I really approve of having to 'register' for anything that   
   uses the amateur bands.   
   --   
   Ian   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
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