[Boatanchors] OT: The UK OFCOM Has Struck

[Bry Carling AF4K]

I understand how you feel Mac, but eBay must obey the ;laws of the countries where they 
advertise things.

It would be better if they made eBay settings so that an auction could specify "USA BUYERS 
only."

Unless someone is doing that, then sellers will have to expect to play by the rules.

On 4 Nov 2015 at 17:46, D C _Mac_ Macdonald wrote:

> 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
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