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

[Pentti Gronlund]

Bob Bruninga  writes:

> 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 (and others),

There is one thing you have to keep in mind in discussions like this:

U.K. is a rather small island, densely populated, though. Their views,
licensing conditions etc. do not necessarily reflect the views etc. 
anywhere else in Europe. They also seem to have a more-than-proportional 
vocal presence on most forums, based on the fact that English is their
first language. Can't actually blame them :)

My condolences to the U.K. operators that have to apply for a special
license like the rest of us. It is sad that in most European countries
the bureaucrats want to have their share, something like 30 bucks a
year for a digipeater license. Luckily in most places the administr-
ations are so short-staffed that they just don't seem to care, as long 
as you don't interfere with any commercial services.

Benjamin OH3BK
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