"Leo" wrote in message
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On Wed, 11 Feb 2004 03:30:43 GMT, "Dee D. Flint"
wrote:

Agreed that the US is obviously a major player - but I'm sure that
even if they had gone their own way, the rest of the world would not
necessarily follow. The role of agencies like the ITU is to
coordinate global resources so as to prevent chaos on the bands - not
to act as an agent of US policy.


If your strongest player is sitting on the sidelines or playing for the
other team (i.e. government & commercial interests in the case of ham
radio), it's still possible to win the game but it is much harder.

Dee D. Flint, N8UZE