Thread: 30 Years Ago: Threat of loss of 220-222 MHz amateur band
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Old August 19th 14, 02:23 AM posted to rec.radio.amateur.moderated
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On 8/18/2014 1:59 PM, Phil Kane wrote:
On Mon, 18 Aug 2014 11:18:12 EDT, Foxs Mercantile
wrote:

Pre-Google, Thomas Betts map books had their share of
errors as well.

Were you thinking of Thomas Brothers? Thomas & Betts is a
manufacturer of electrical connectors.

Static buildup. That's my excuse. ;-)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Guide

I was told many decades ago by the cartographers at the Automobile
Club of Southern California that they would put in known mistakes in
an effort to foil competitors' plagiarism.

Basically, they all did that and for the same reasons.


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