"Phil Kane" wrote:
(Cross-posting link to alt.radio.pirate dropped)

On 05 Aug 2003 19:24:17 -0800, Floyd Davidson wrote:

Of course, those _were_ imaginary back in 1995 when the ARRL
announced the soon to be built new remote monitoring system, and
quoted the FCC saying they would be an improvement,

The plan would close nine separate attended high
frequency monitoring stations, and three additional
monitoring sites within FCC field offices.

http://www.arrl.org/w1aw/1995-arlb096.html

Actually the three field offices were moved from "downtown"
locations (Anchorage, Honolulu, and San Juan, PR) to the monitoring
stations several years before, but why quibble ??

As you mentioned once before, the *wording* being used here is
what seems to allow the confusion that a number of people are
hanging on to. When they remoted a monitoring station and say
it was "closed" but mean "unmanned", it leaves those who can't
read well with a quote: "The station was closed."

They just ignore or don't see the next sentence that says the
functionality was transfered to a remotely controlled facility.

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Floyd L. Davidson http://web.newsguy.com/floyd_davidson
Ukpeagvik (Barrow, Alaska)