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From: nigel@sund.cc.ic.ac.uk (Nigel Whitfield)
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Subject: Re: Call for Discussion:  rec.radio.misc
Summary: NOT ham radio
Keywords: radio services
Message-ID: <1990Feb8.122406.4917@cc.ic.ac.uk>
Date: 8 Feb 90 12:24:06 GMT
References: <2843249899@lewis.crd.ge.com> <1990Feb7.043914.20545@IDA.ORG>
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In article <1990Feb7.043914.20545@IDA.ORG> roskos@IDA.ORG (Eric Roskos) writes:
>
>Why have a "misc" group? There isn't enough discussion in
>rec.radio.shortwave already; that is to say, discussion that would go
>well in rec.radio.shortwave still occurs in rec.ham-radio.  One can
>comment on a few articles in rec.radio.shortwave, then come back later
>and see that you're the only one who's posted anything (resulting in
>a lot of cancellations out of embarassment at the silence :-)).

But the point is that we don't want to discuss shortwave radio. We
want to discuss broadcast radio services, preferably of the
non-commerical variety. While _some_ topics may be similar to those in
ham discussions, a lot are totally different.

We don't think that there is enough traffic for rec.radio.non-comm or
whatever, so we're talking about rec.radio.misc. If that group is
created, we can all chatter away to our hearts' content until we need
a group of our own. I really don't think that discussions about
broadcast issues would be very welcome in ham radio groups, so this is
the best alternative for the time being.

Nigel.
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