Well, It should be obvious that I hit the wrong button and managed to embarrass Colin Newell and myself both. Gee whiz, I'm sorry for the trouble to all concerned.
I was even slow and careful.... just don't handle computers well. SORRY, COLIN! John B. At 12:18 PM 1/11/2008 -0600, you wrote: >Colin, > >I've not heard from you in response to my note asking for your phone >number and whether I could call you this weekend. I fear that I may >have (completely unintentionally) hurt your feelings related to the >mechanics of putting the Ultralight Firsts and Records list on >DXer.ca. For whatever I said, I'm really sorry.... and I would like >to talk to you about that soon, if I could call you at a mutually >convenient time. > >Also, I decided to respond outta the group to your upload yesterday >about the term "Ultralight." I was originally going to upload this to >the group as I routinely would.... but perhaps this is a better >method of communicating a very different view of your terminology concerns. > >John B. > > >At 08:45 PM 1/10/2008 -0800, Colin Newell wrote: > > > I'm getting another ultralight to complement my SRF59. > > > > >Going to harp and harp and harp on this: > > > >Small portable radios should be referred to as UltraLight-radios, > >ULr's, UL-Radios, or ULr. > > > >An Ultralight is a small aircraft. > > > >Your near-OCD DXer.ca editor, > >Colin, > >I respectfully but profoundly disagree. An Ultralight aircraft is >just that.... an Ultralight Aircraft. If some people wish to call >them "Ultralights" for convenience, and they do.... that is fine with >me. An UltraLight radio is a radio that our Definitions Committee has >defined, approved or certified (you may use the term of your choice) >as an "Ultralight." If any of us wishes to refer to those particular >radios simply as "UltraLights" or "Ultralights" for convenience, that >is completely their privilege, IMHO. The proper term would not be >"Ultralight Radio"(ULr) as you propound but rather "Pocket Radio >Certified as 'Ultralight' by the Definitions Committee of the >Informal Ultralight Radio Enthusiast Interest Group" (PRCUDC of the IUREIG) > > > > >John B. >Stillwater, Oklahoma, USA >Rcvrs: WiNRADiO 313e, Eton e1, NRD-535(kiwa-mods) >Antennas: 700' NE/SW mini-Bev, Wellbrook Phased Array (pre-production version) > >_______________________________________________ >IRCA mailing list >[email protected] >http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca > >Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the >original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of >the IRCA, its editors, publishing staff, or officers > >For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org > >To Post a message: [email protected] _______________________________________________ IRCA mailing list [email protected] http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the IRCA, its editors, publishing staff, or officers For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org To Post a message: [email protected]
