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   From: al-nospam@nottoday.com   
      
   Gareth's Downstairs Computer   
    wrote:   
      
   > Th 3-tier fiasco has degenerated 6, 2 and 70 to become CB-style bands to   
   > the extent that an argument to retain all three for the same overt   
   > purpose would fail.   
      
   Those bands are pretty dead whenever I listen, but you’re right - whether   
   through misuse or disuse, if someone with money wanted them, they’ll be   
   sold.   
      
   Only fair to say that the pre-RAE generation aren’t exactly squeaky-clean   
   either when it comes to operating, as demonstrated on 80m most days.   
      
   BR de Al   
      
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