Re: GB2RS NEWS Sunday 5th July 2009

Steve Terry wrote:
> "Yeti" <yeti@ayrshore.com> wrote in message
> news:h2ncrd$al4$1@news.eternal-september.org...
>> Ken Ward wrote:
>>> "Des Kinvig" <kinvig.netta@ntlworld.com> wrote in message
>>> news:Qiq3m.50950$OO7.44897@text.news.virginmedia.com...
>>>>> NEWS FOR SCOTLAND A few weeks ago we advised listeners on the east
>>>>> coast of Scotland that the long-established 80 metre news reading
at
>>>>> 11.30 was in danger of terminating because GM3HGA and GM3VEY in
>>>>> Aberdeen were stepping down. No RSGB members have yet come forward
to
>>>>> take up this important news reading. Accordingly, today's will be
the
>>>>> last bulletin from Aberdeen unless some last-minute volunteers
contact
>>>>> GB2RS News Manager .
>>>>>
>>>> useless bunch those members are ........or perhaps they don't have many
>>>> members these days that can read ........
>>> They can always play with their new toys......
>>>
>>> Dundee Amateur Radio Club was recently awarded a grant of nearly
£3,000
>>> by the National Lottery under the Awards for all Scheme. This Grant has
>>> been used to purchase the equipment required to provide a D-Star
>>> digital UHF radio repeater for radio amateurs from Dundee, Angus and
>>> North Fife. Full information and coverage of this D-Star Repeater can
>>> be found at the D-Star Scotland website at www.dstarinfo.org.
>>>
>>>
>> Ayr Amateur Radio Group was given around £10,000 - to provide loan radios
>> to FL licence holders who are on the Intermediate course.
>>
>> Far more worthy cause than to pollute the airwaves with more D-Star IMHO.
>>
>>
> Saves handing them out on the streets
>
> Wouldn't it be better to spend that £10,000 on used Ham Internationals and
> get them back onto the 555?
>
> Steve Terry
>
>

1) they didn't all come from CB Radio.

2) Who cares if they did?

3) The equipment had to be new, part of the conditions of the grant.
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Len GM0ONX (04.07.2009 22:45)