Re: CHOICE magazine

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From: Eunice Arden-Wood
Date: Sat, 17 Feb 1996 00:00

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ben@snrc.uow.edu.au (Benjamin Low) wrote:
>Awww, come on - Choice is aimed at the general public, who wouldn't
>know (or care about?) the difference between a ham radio rig, a scanner,
>a CB radio, or an AM/FM trannie. They're all "radios".

By this rationale, virtually *everyone* is an "amateur" radio amateur - after 
all, how many people never use an AF/FM trannie or car radio? Your logic is as 
shoddy as Choice's journalism.

(Meanwhile over in comp.risks, someone else is quoted as concerned that 
sensitive trasnmissions via satellite can be picked up by "anyone with a 
computer and a ham radio".)

73 Richard VK2SKY

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From: Eunice Arden-Wood <eunice@zeta.org.au>
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Date: 1996/02/17
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