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Re: M6

From Ian Jackson <ianREMOVETHISjackson@g3ohx.co.uk>
Newsgroups uk.radio.amateur
Subject Re: M6
Date 2019-08-12 13:54 +0100
Message-ID <IpAvmvGwFWUdFwtE@brattleho.plus.com> (permalink)
References (3 earlier) <qir47q$1eq$1@dont-email.me> <8tFi3yBkGTUdFwbS@brattleho.plus.com> <qircp8$tp6$1@gioia.aioe.org> <zrzBWHD8kVUdFw7y@brattleho.plus.com> <9e0eb48e-093e-47fe-b4f0-f98d5153f7fe@googlegroups.com>

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In message <9e0eb48e-093e-47fe-b4f0-f98d5153f7fe@googlegroups.com>, 
Jeefaw K Effkay <mike.gathergood@googlemail.com> writes
>On Monday, August 12, 2019 at 1:36:35 PM UTC+1, Ian Jackson wrote:
>> In message <qircp8$tp6$1@gioia.aioe.org>, Brian Reay <no.sp@m.com>
>> writes
>> >Ian Jackson <ianREMOVETHISjackson@g3ohx.co.uk> wrote:
>> >> In message <qir47q$1eq$1@dont-email.me>, Jim GM4DHJ ...
>> >> <kinvig.netta@ntlworld.com> writes
>> >>>
>> >>> "A. non Eyemouse" <somewhere@work.invalid> wrote in message
>> >>> news:grbhquFfgfpU1@mid.individual.net...
>> >>>> On 11/08/2019 16:41, Ian Jackson wrote:
>> >>>>> In message <qipbe5$irt$1@dont-email.me>, Jim GM4DHJ ...
>> >>>>> <kinvig.netta@ntlworld.com> writes
>> >>>>>> https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=6&v=6836D9ccAx4
>> >>>>>>
>> >>>>>> big shout out ....this is why the M6 foundation punter you work is so
>> >>>>>> strong
>> >>>>>> and why working one like this is probably condoning breaking the
>> >>>>>> law.....I
>> >>>>>> know he probably only uses it on 27.555 ...never mind an intermediate
>> >>>>>> two
>> >>>>>> letter will now probably be able to ignore the 50w limit without
>> >>>>>> compunction.....£20 for a life long licence after ten years as an
>> >>>>>> M6.....what a joke.....
>> >>>>>>
>> >>>>>>
>> >>>>>>
>> >>>>>> Some amateurs claim they can 'measure' how much power a remote
>> >>>>>> station is running by using their S Meter.
>> >>>>>>
>> >>>>>> This note shows why this claim is flawed, even when th
>> >>>>>>
>> >>>>>> Some amateurs claim they can 'measure' how much power a remote
>> >>>>>> station is running by using their S Meter.
>> >>>>>>
>> >>>>>> This note shows why this claim is flawed, even when the S 
>> >>>>>>Meter is used
>> >>>>>> to
>> >>>>>> compare the remote station against another station running 
>> >>>>>>known power.
>> >>>>>>
>> >>>>>> e S Meter is used to compare the remote station against 
>> >>>>>>another station
>> >>>>>> running known power.
>> >>>>>
>> >>>>> Real radio amateurs know that a 'full callsign' is one with the 'full'
>> >>>>> 3-letters after the number.
>> >>>>
>> >>>> And a G at the front.
>> >>>>
>> >>> where did they dig up M and 2m0 etc from?...just silly ....have 
>> >>>to say all
>> >>> non Gs should get a fake G as soon as they can ...less silly ....
>> >>>
>> >> Without checking, the M prefix was allocated to the Marconi Company -
>> >> and presumably incorporated into the several allocated to GB. The
>> >> intermediate prefixes are probably someone's idea of a sick joke.
>> >
>> >They are of a similar vintage and history, they just weren’t issued/used.
>> >
>> >Like so many things claimed about licences and licensing, your comment is
>> >total nonsense.
>>
>> It's not nonsense at all. While it could be argued that the M prefix is
>> actually a recognition of the early days of radio, the 2E etc makes a
>> British callsign look like something from a newly-independent third
>> world country from the days of empire.
>
>Not at all - see 
>https://www.itu.int/en/ITU-R/terrestrial/fmd/Pages/call_sign_series.aspx
>
>We're right there, on the same page as Mauritius, Fiji, Guinea, Haiti, 
>Liberia, Nigeria, Somalia, Sudan, Senegal and "the Kingdom of Eswatini" 
>(wherever the f*** that is).

I guess that puts the ILs where they really belong!
-- 
Ian

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M6 "Jim GM4DHJ ..." <kinvig.netta@ntlworld.com> - 2019-08-11 16:15 +0100
  Re: M6 Ian Jackson <ianREMOVETHISjackson@g3ohx.co.uk> - 2019-08-11 16:41 +0100
    Re: M6 "Jim GM4DHJ ..." <kinvig.netta@ntlworld.com> - 2019-08-11 16:46 +0100
      Re: M6 Spike <Aero.Spike@mail.invalid> - 2019-08-12 11:56 +0400
        Re: M6 "Jim GM4DHJ ..." <kinvig.netta@ntlworld.com> - 2019-08-12 09:14 +0100
    Re: M6 "A. non Eyemouse" <somewhere@work.invalid> - 2019-08-11 23:06 +0100
      Re: M6 "Jim GM4DHJ ..." <kinvig.netta@ntlworld.com> - 2019-08-12 08:24 +0100
        Re: M6 Jeefaw K Effkay <mike.gathergood@googlemail.com> - 2019-08-12 02:26 -0700
          Re: M6 "Jim GM4DHJ ..." <kinvig.netta@ntlworld.com> - 2019-08-12 12:52 +0100
        Re: M6 Ian Jackson <ianREMOVETHISjackson@g3ohx.co.uk> - 2019-08-12 10:30 +0100
          Re: M6 Brian Reay <no.sp@m.com> - 2019-08-12 09:50 +0000
            Re: M6 roger@hayter.org (Roger Hayter) - 2019-08-12 11:17 +0100
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                Re: M6 Brian Reay <no.sp@m.com> - 2019-08-12 12:49 +0100
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                Re: M6 roger@hayter.org (Roger Hayter) - 2019-08-12 13:56 +0100
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                Re: M6 Brian Reay <no.sp@m.com> - 2019-08-13 06:53 +0000
                Re: M6 roger@hayter.org (Roger Hayter) - 2019-08-13 11:29 +0100
                Re: M6 Jeefaw K Effkay <mike.gathergood@googlemail.com> - 2019-08-13 04:09 -0700
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                Re: M6 Jeefaw K Effkay <mike.gathergood@googlemail.com> - 2019-08-13 05:24 -0700
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                Re: M6 Ian Jackson <ianREMOVETHISjackson@g3ohx.co.uk> - 2019-08-13 14:07 +0100
                Re: M6 Brian Reay <no.sp@m.com> - 2019-08-13 17:41 +0100
                Re: M6 "Jim GM4DHJ ..." <jim.gm4dhj@ntlworld.com> - 2019-08-13 21:41 +0100
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                Re: M6 Ian Jackson <ianREMOVETHISjackson@g3ohx.co.uk> - 2019-08-15 09:50 +0100
                Re: M6 "Jim GM4DHJ ..." <jim.gm4dhj@ntlworld.com> - 2019-08-15 10:42 +0100
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                Re: M6 Spike <Aero.Spike@mail.invalid> - 2019-08-13 17:31 +0400
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                Re: M6 "Jim GM4DHJ ..." <jim.gm4dhj@ntlworld.com> - 2019-08-13 09:11 +0100
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              Re: M6 Jeefaw K Effkay <mike.gathergood@googlemail.com> - 2019-08-12 05:45 -0700
                Re: M6 Ian Jackson <ianREMOVETHISjackson@g3ohx.co.uk> - 2019-08-12 13:54 +0100
                Re: M6 "Jim GM4DHJ ..." <kinvig.netta@ntlworld.com> - 2019-08-12 14:11 +0100
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                Re: M6 Brian Reay <no.sp@m.com> - 2019-08-13 10:25 +0100
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