I'm looking for the text of an article that appeared in the April edition of the magazine "World Broadcast News".
The article referred to a radio station which wished to broadcast in Austria.
Apparently the Austrian authorities had claimed that the station would need a licence to broadcast and they were not going to issue one.
The station then took their case to the European court and a ruling was made in their favour based on the finding that a licence was not required.
I realise that there may be some inaccuracies in the above synopsis (for example I didn't know that Austria was under the jurisdiction of the European courts yet) but if anyone knows of the article could they supply me with the text or let me know where I could get a copy of the April edition.
Thanks in advance,
Eamonn.
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Date: 1 Jun 94 20:00:58 GMT
From: news-mail-gateway@ucsd.edu
Subject: 440 in So. Cal.
To: info-hams@ucsd.edu
nuts.
Southern California isn't the whole US. Most of the US doesn't have the
packing density that's present out there - even in the other big metro areas.
We've got something like 11 440 MHz systems in the area that are reachable
with modest equipment. and i can scan 'em all day and see only light use
(fewer "kerchunks" because the PL stops noise from doing that...)
and 2m isn't CB here either. we've got a few drunks that are being worked on
but we're smart enough to work the issue w/o having to spend big bucks on
suits...(all are pre-2/14 tech or higher (several extras..)) although it
appears on the surface there's a lot of posturing going on to get the "legal"
solution applied in one of the radio clubs - i think all that will do is clean
out the club treasury even if they "win"). heck the
"closed" VHF repeater can have days when it's busy all day long and the "open"
repeaters are devoid of contacts.
saying that "2m is CB today" is repeated assertion (big lie technique). just
like the guys that like to repeat that "you just can't build anything anymore"
or that "10m is dead until the next sunspot peak, don't even listen to the
band or call CQ because you won't hear anything". It can be a self-fulfilling
prophecy if the folks expecting lid operation on 2m also act like lids when
they are on 2 - thereby reinforcing a bad example.
Bly & Co. are going about it the wrong way - but then he's a
Wanna-Be-Establishment-Pretend-Radical-I-Have-No-Life sort of guy. He should
be bright enough to know the only way you can get this stuff to change w/o
just lining the participants up against the wall is to infiltrate, take
control and then show your true colors. He should have figured this out by
himself but he likes to grandstand and you can't monkey in the works when you
call attention to yourself like that. Grandstanding tends to cause "immune"
reactions when you really want to get inside and control the "organism" like a
good little virus.
Of course, it's too late for roger to take this approach - sounds like he's
well known to the power structure and they've id'ed him as a problem to be
watched. he can only cause trouble and inconvience with minimal impact on the
power structure.
73, bill wb9ivr
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Date: 1 Jun 94 22:27:25 GMT
From: news-mail-gateway@ucsd.edu
Subject: 440 in So. Cal.
To: info-hams@ucsd.edu
Oh well, I sat on the sidelines long enough on this one, so here's my .02
worth:
First of all, there are several open 440 systems in So. Cal. Of course, if
you only consider LA and Orange counties, there are fewer, but they are
there. Lot's more in San Diego and Imperial counties.
Some of the closed 440 repeaters I am familiar with in the LA/OC area are
special use systems, i.e.: earthquake nets/telemetry, RACES, . . . Yes,
most are closed, and seem rather quiet. Several repeater trustees I have
talked to are more than willing to admit new members to their clubs for
repeater access, and naturally they want the user to pay dues. The dues pay
the phone bill, maintenance, and upgrades. Most are also tolerant of an
occasional user who is not a repeater club member. I have had one trustee
specifically invite me to participate in QSO's now and then even if I don't
join. Some systems don't want money, they want participation, i.e.:
RACES/ARES. One way or another, someone needs to pay the bills.
On the other hand, as one who travels a bit, I am happy to find so many
open machines across the country. When I go into an area, I usually look up
a repeater, preferably with open 911 access, and plug the frequency into my
HT. I can find someone to talk to, I've participated in some interesting
nets, and been able to help in some bad situations. I had a shredded
motorcyclist last week who needed help, an open machine and someone with
access codes got the help there. I am grateful to all who maintain an open
machine and graciously allow me the use of there systems, but I have no
right to demand it of them. I do have a right to use the frequency, but if
the system owner chooses to use an unpublished pl or other method to
restrict access to the machine, I need to respect that. It is called
courtesy.
All areas seem to have their good and their bad operators, and I have seen
no correlation between class of license and good/bad operation. People new
to amateur radio, or new to a particular region with "local customs" make
more mistakes than the old timers. That is cured with time and tolerance.
Mistakes by themselves don't make an operator a lid, bad manners do.
