Phil Kane wrote:
On Sun, 11 Jul 2004 13:12:58 -0400, Dee D. Flint wrote:


What on earth is/was the "Eye bank net"? Sounds like an interesting
story. I did a google on the subject, and got one relevant hit, that
oddly enough was on some porn site in Estonia! So I'd rather get the
info somwhere else, eh?


If my memory serves me right, they facilitated communications regarding
items related to medical needs for the human eye. I never knew the details
though.


The shortcomings if the Internet. You have to look in the right
places:

INQUIRY INTO THE EXTENT TO WHICH AMATEUR STATIONS SHOULD BE
USED ON BEHALF OF NONAMATEUR ORGANIZATIONS

FCC 72-895

Docket No. 19245 RM-1687

Released: October 11, 1972
Adopted: October 5, 1972


Wow Phil, thanks for the in-depth answer!

Whereas I think that some outfits were unfortunately affected the
ruling makes sense. What one person thinks is meritorious, won't
necessarily be so for the next person.

- Mike KB3EIA -