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G0CJM > RSGB 18.04.07 21:09l 37 Lines 1162 Bytes #999 (0) @ WW
BID : C10161G0CJM
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Subj: Re: Don't believe Wikipedia hype!
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Sent: 070418/1657Z @:GB7IMK.#43.GBR.EU #:61021 [Via TCP/IP] $:C10161G0CJM
From: G0CJM@GB7IMK.#43.GBR.EU
To : RSGB@WW
> Scrapping the test almost doubled overnight the number of potential
> punters for HF rigs, boosting dealers profits, and hence, RSGBs revenues.
> Except it flopped.
Let us not forget that many resolved to make their own rigs and many
proved much better than commercially made rigs..
>
> By then the internet had taken hold and amateur radio had missed the boat.
>
> R-adio
> S-ociety
> G-oing
> B-roke?
>
> The hobby is fizzling out and there's nothing RSGB can do about it. RSGB
> isn't "fighting for the hobby" - it's fighting for its own survival.
Yes agreed.
73 - Roger, G0CJM @ GB7IMK.#43.gbr.eu (at wa7v.ampr.org)
Message timed: 17:53 on 18-Apr-2007
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