[Boatanchors] OT: The UK OFCOM Has Struck

[D C _Mac_ Macdonald]

What I'd like to know is how in hell some furrin country can dictate what we in the USA can advertise! 
 
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> To: boatanchors at mailman.qth.net
> From: garypewitt at centurytel.net
> Date: Wed, 4 Nov 2015 17:13:30 -0600
> Subject: Re: [Boatanchors] OT: The UK OFCOM Has Struck
> 
> 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