[Boatanchors] OT: The UK OFCOM Has Struck

[Gary Pewitt]

Sorry but V-1 "Buzz Bombs" did not -home in- on anything.  They were not 
guided at all.  They ran on a pre-fixed gyro course and the engine  was 
cut off by a timer.  To confuse the Germans the impact area of the V-1 
and V-2 were misreported so that the Germans would change settings and 
thereby miss their targets.

On 11/04/2015 12:09 PM, Nick England wrote:
> FWIW - License fees for radio and TV receivers in Britain supported
> advertising-free BBC broadcasts. It was a different economic model from US
> broadcasting. Nothing to do with Cold War. People continued to receive BBC
> and other broadcasts during WW2 regardless of German bombers and rockets.
> Most ham transmission in the U.S. and UK were banned during
> WW2 understandably.
>
> Outside of WW1 and WW2, the U.S. and UK license transmitters for spectrum
> control, not for spy potential.
>
> The FCC could get 11m leenyar listings pulled off eBay if they wanted to.
> Or for non type approved equipment where that is required.
> If Doug had listed his HT sale as U.S. only it wouldn't have gotten any
> attention from the UK authorities, but listing it for sale to the UK put it
> into their domain where the laws are different.
>
> On Wednesday, November 4, 2015, George Frederick <gefred08 at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Well up into the last century, the British Post Office exerted such
>> control over ordinary subjects of England that even radio receivers &
>> tele's had to be properly registered with the Crown. And only BBC-1, 2 & 3
>> tele channels were allowed viewing. In all fairness to radio history, the
>> Brit's had to exert this level of control in WWII on into the Cold Ware Era
>> for two primary reasons: suppress, more like more easily direction find
>> illicit transmitters in use by spys, and, especially within high population
>> areas eliminate signals enemy buzz bombs could potentially use to home in
>> upon. The latter was extremely sensitive and the former made for a good
>> excuse to exert controls.  Ironucally, history now reveals that the truly
>> danger from within in Great Britian was actually in-place spys even at most
>> high levels of the government.  It is a carry-over of this age old
>> population control mentality that caused rejection of your ad for handi
>> talkies. Being half UK by mum's side, I have heard these stories and so
>> much more since the Great Wars. Some things just never change, Doug. God
>> bless America......  AF6JT George
>>
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