"Dee Flint" wrote in message
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Yeah I think we won't see any major changes. There will be a noticeable
blip in upgrades but that's about it. Actually the fact that it is being
implemented at the time of a sunspot minimum means we are at risk of losing
hams as they upgrade, find the HF bands difficult and then drop out. We'll
really need to do some exra Elmering to help the new people and keep them in
the hobby.

Maybe we should ask NASA to launch ECHO again, but make it miles and miles
wide, just to reflect HF signals. That way they will have perfect
propagation and make life so much easier for the poor babies.

Dan/W4NTI