[aprssig] ARRRGH!!! Somebody Kill This Website !!!

[Bob Bruninga]

In Private Email, the web page owner has nicely agreed to update the page.  But it is sad to hear of the decay in the stature of amateur radio in the UK...  Without government support of digipeaters, I can see that APRS is in a different world over there...

Bob, WB4APR

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> Best you get onto the "South East England 
> APRS Yahoo Mailing List"
>
> But have your fireproof suit and tin hat on ready!
>
> Remember, this site is in the UK, and 
> things are (a little) different over here.  
>
> ...At the moment, from my perspective, APRS 
> in the UK seems to be dying on it's feet 
> mainly due to some licencing condition 
> changes a short while ago, that effectivly 
> prohibit unatended operation full stop 
> (not only digi's) unless you have a NOV 
> (Notice of Variation) for your licence and
> situation.   Though relatively easy to get, 
> the stumbling block for most UK ham's, is 
> the need for 3 shutdown opp's that can 
> get to the site within 30 mins of being 
> contacted by the authorities to shut it down.
>
> Remote control is not permitted for that 
> purpose, sadly Ham Radio is seen as "just 
> CB" by the masses and the media here in 
> the UK, not being held in anyway near the 
> same regard as it is in the US or some 
> other parts of the EU.