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Vintage Amateur and Military Radio Amateur/military receivers and transmitters, morse, and any other related vintage comms equipment. |
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16th May 2020, 9:54 am | #41 |
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Re: RSGB temporarily allows remote Foundation exams, waives practical assessments
I hope the candidates have success in getting through the online exam.
With regard to call signs I just entered mine in a Google search and was surprised how many results came up. John |
16th May 2020, 11:38 am | #42 |
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Re: RSGB temporarily allows remote Foundation exams, waives practical assessments
Because my name is the same as that of a top level golfer (US masters winner and Ryder cup boss) I'm pretty much ungoogleable. You'll drown in hundreds of thousands of hits, seemingly all golf, which seems like a fate worse than death. If you dig deeper you come across an author of a latin book and a car sales in cheshire. I've never found me. You can only find me by callsign or patent numbers.
Does having a callsign with a linked address make you more liable to burglary? Probably not. They're after valuables lying around. Watches, jewels, small antiques at the upper end of the burglary profession. Or it's a quick snatch for some technology to sell for a drugs fix and that means a break-in anywhere. Only a serious burglar would go to the trouble of going through a callbook, and they'd know what we have wouldn't fetch their kind of money. We're not worth their while, not unless we are in the Rolex lifestyle. Go out for a cruise round town in the lambo or the aston and you could get someone following to see where you live, for future reference. That'll get you noticed. David
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16th May 2020, 3:02 pm | #43 | |
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Re: RSGB temporarily allows remote Foundation exams, waives practical assessments
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17th May 2020, 1:40 pm | #44 |
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Location: Oxfordshire/Bucks borders, UK.
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Re: RSGB temporarily allows remote Foundation exams, waives practical assessments
Indeed, this is why I leave mine at home when I go to Aldi
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