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Brian Reay

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Nov 8, 2009, 9:51:59 AM11/8/09
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I've just acquired a couple of Clansman 5.4m masts and, while erecting them
doesn't really need instructions, they are so pristine it would be nice to
have them "as issued", which I suspect includes a set of "field
instructions". (I've some older 27' metal masts with such instructions on a
metal plate.)

Does anyone know if similar field instructions are issued with the Clansman
masts? If so, a scan or description would be nice so I know what to look for
under the table at rallies.

--
73
Brian G8OSN/W8OSN
www.g8osn.net


Paul Starship

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Nov 8, 2009, 10:17:36 AM11/8/09
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On Sun, 8 Nov 2009 14:51:59 -0000, "Brian Reay" <s...@website.invalid>
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>I've just acquired a couple of Clansman 5.4m masts and, while erecting them


_TWO_ masts.... how predictable.

luc...@eternal-flames.gov

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Nov 8, 2009, 10:45:59 AM11/8/09
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On Sun, 8 Nov 2009 14:51:59 -0000, "Brian Reay" <s...@website.invalid>
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>I've just acquired a couple of Clansman 5.4m masts and, while erecting them

ISTR there are a few pages on masts and antennas in the Clansman field
manuals. Try your local TA signals unit... For your location, that
would probably be Maidstone.

They're a helpful bunch of guys and providing you explain what you are
looking for and the item doesn't have SECRET stamped on it, they might
be able to help.

Nick.

Paul Starship

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Nov 8, 2009, 10:51:12 AM11/8/09
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On Sun, 08 Nov 2009 15:45:59 +0000, luc...@eternal-flames.gov wrote:

>They're a helpful bunch of guys and providing you explain what you are
>looking for and the item doesn't have SECRET stamped on it, they might
>be able to help.

Hmmmm... assumptions... assumptions.


Jim GM4DHJ ...

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Nov 8, 2009, 11:53:37 AM11/8/09
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> Does anyone know if similar field instructions are issued with the
> Clansman masts? If so, a scan or description would be nice so I know what
> to look for under the table at rallies.
>

> 73
> Brian G8OSN/M3OSN
> www.m3osn.net
>
>
>
>
you will be asking for the instructions on how to tune up a valve PA
next.........


Ian Jackson

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Nov 8, 2009, 11:57:14 AM11/8/09
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In message <3kpdf514mjijaul6l...@4ax.com>,
luc...@eternal-flames.gov writes

>
>They're a helpful bunch of guys and providing you explain what you are
>looking for and the item doesn't have SECRET stamped on it, they might
>be able to help.
>

I've got a BC221 instruction manual with "SECRET" stamped on it, in red.
Presumably the information isn't secret any more.? Or can I expect an
unexpected visit from the Dept of Homeland Security?
--
Ian

luc...@eternal-flames.gov

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Nov 8, 2009, 12:12:15 PM11/8/09
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On Sun, 8 Nov 2009 16:57:14 +0000, Ian Jackson
<ianREMOVET...@g3ohx.demon.co.uk> wrote:


>I've got a BC221 instruction manual with "SECRET" stamped on it, in red.
>Presumably the information isn't secret any more.? Or can I expect an
>unexpected visit from the Dept of Homeland Security?

I doubt it, but there used to be - and probably still is - a notice
close to photocopiers at army camps etc. Reminding users it was
against regulations to photocopy any document with SECRET stamped on
it.
The funny thing was, it never mentioned any of the other document
classifications. :-)

Nick.

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DieSea

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Nov 8, 2009, 12:31:11 PM11/8/09
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"Toxic Waste" <Trabant Owners Cl...@nicksplace.co.com> wrote in message
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>
> "Paul Starship" <p.bl...@google-nospam-email.com> wrote in message
> news:4af6e0fc...@news.albasani.net...
> Y'know, 'tis little surprise you receive so much flak. In your case, you don't
> merely invite it, you actually sit up and beg for it.
>
> As you say, how predictable...
>
> Do try and grow up, there's a good chap.
>
> HTH
>

Perhaps he's going to hang a twig between them for "_His_NEW_FOUND_FRIENDS_" Tox

I can thing of summat much better to string between them ,

I'll let you answer that one Tox

DieSea


Spike

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Nov 8, 2009, 1:52:49 PM11/8/09
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luc...@eternal-flames.gov wrote:

>On Sun, 8 Nov 2009 16:57:14 +0000, Ian Jackson wrote:
>
>>I've got a BC221 instruction manual with "SECRET" stamped on it, in red.
>>Presumably the information isn't secret any more.? Or can I expect an
>>unexpected visit from the Dept of Homeland Security?
>
>I doubt it, but there used to be - and probably still is - a notice
>close to photocopiers at army camps etc. Reminding users it was
>against regulations to photocopy any document with SECRET stamped on
>it.
>The funny thing was, it never mentioned any of the other document
>classifications. :-)
>
>Nick.

Ah....that might be because documents with that word on them were
accountable, and there are different rules for photocopying them...

[I know Lucifer knows this, but for the hard of thinking on this group
- a disappointingly high percentage - the classification TOP SECRET
also contains the word SECRET, thus falling within the scope of the
notice referred to]

[Another comment for the hard of thinking: there are only two other
classifications (although it has been argued that UNCLASSIFIED is a
classification), neither of which contain the word SECRET]

--
from
Aero Spike
Not a member of the RSGB for 50 years 1959 - 2009

Paul Starship

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Nov 8, 2009, 3:36:57 PM11/8/09
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On Sun, 08 Nov 2009 17:25:23 GMT, "Toxic Waste" <Trabant Owners
Cl...@nicksplace.co.com> wrote:


[snippity snip]


Said one of Brian's little helpers.

How predictable.

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Len GM0ONX

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Nov 8, 2009, 4:26:23 PM11/8/09
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Toxic Waste wrote:
> "Len GM0ONX" <gm0...@goooooglemail.com> wrote in message
> news:hd7b9n$ukd$1...@news.eternal-september.org...
>>> How predictable.
>
>> You're some person to to talk about predictable.
>
> Yeah, one of his predictable rants about Morse, is way overdue.
>
> He must be experiencing cold turkey.
>
> tox
>
>
More like 'cold parrot'!

Len GM0ONX

Paul Starship

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On Sun, 08 Nov 2009 21:12:48 GMT, "Toxic Waste" <Trabant Owners
Cl...@nicksplace.co.com> wrote:

[snippity snip]>

yet more predictable squawking from a parrot

is it any wonder thats all you can do...

squawking parrot hidden(no) licence.


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luc...@eternal-flames.gov

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Nov 9, 2009, 3:42:38 AM11/9/09
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On Sun, 08 Nov 2009 18:52:49 +0000, Spike <Aero.Spike@S&T.invalid>
wrote:

>Ah....that might be because documents with that word on them were
>accountable, and there are different rules for photocopying them...

<snipped>

>[Another comment for the hard of thinking: there are only two other
>classifications (although it has been argued that UNCLASSIFIED is a
>classification), neither of which contain the word SECRET]

Shhhh! Don't go giving them too many clues, Spike. :-)

Nick.

p.s. I understand there was great confusion when Maggie's govt. came
out with the booklet "PROTECT and Survive" :-)

nn...@benison.co.uk

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Nov 9, 2009, 3:46:51 AM11/9/09
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On Mon, 09 Nov 2009 08:42:38 +0000, luc...@eternal-flames.gov wrote:

>>[Another comment for the hard of thinking: there are only two other
>>classifications (although it has been argued that UNCLASSIFIED is a
>>classification), neither of which contain the word SECRET]

Restricted and Confidential come to mind. But there are others.

Dave

luc...@eternal-flames.gov

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Nov 9, 2009, 4:09:12 AM11/9/09
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On Mon, 09 Nov 2009 08:46:51 +0000, nn...@benison.co.uk wrote:

>On Mon, 09 Nov 2009 08:42:38 +0000, luc...@eternal-flames.gov wrote:

NO I DIDN'T

nn...@benison.co.uk

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Nov 9, 2009, 4:17:09 AM11/9/09
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>
>NO I DIDN'T
>

Apologies, the perils of playing with new functionality!

Dave

G1LVN

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Nov 9, 2009, 8:33:23 AM11/9/09
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On 8 Nov, 16:57, Ian Jackson <ianREMOVETHISjack...@g3ohx.demon.co.uk>
wrote:
> In message <3kpdf514mjijaul6l37glmhpvfogtbu...@4ax.com>,
> luci...@eternal-flames.gov writes

>
> I've got a BC221 instruction manual with "SECRET" stamped on it, in red.
> Presumably the information isn't secret any more.? Or can I expect an
> unexpected visit from the Dept of Homeland Security?
> --
> Ian

or worse if you've signed the OSA :-)

Ian Jackson

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Nov 9, 2009, 8:46:56 AM11/9/09
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In message
<32895a60-6567-4309...@z41g2000yqz.googlegroups.com>,
G1LVN <gareth...@gmail.com> writes
Well, I'm sure I have done (probably nearly 50 years ago) - but it
doesn't really make any difference, of course. I'm as guilty as hell.
Will they go easy on me if I come clean and confess to being a
morse-test-passing G3 who actually knows how to use a BC221 and that I
only really needed it to comply with the terms of my licence, or am I
more likely to 'get the book thrown at me'?
--
Ian

G1LVN

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Nov 9, 2009, 9:10:16 AM11/9/09
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On 9 Nov, 13:46, Ian Jackson <ianREMOVETHISjack...@g3ohx.demon.co.uk>
wrote:
> In message
> <32895a60-6567-4309-bb59-58ba397c1...@z41g2000yqz.googlegroups.com>,
> G1LVN <gareth.pa...@gmail.com> writes>On 8 Nov, 16:57, Ian Jackson <ianREMOVETHISjack...@g3ohx.demon.co.uk>

No only joking. But the OSA is for life. I had to sign if for the most
trivial of reasons, and now it's stuck.

One of my teachers at grammar school gave me a stack of old signals
pamphlets from his national service. Absolutely cracking they were
particularly on antennas and propagation. Pity you never see them at
rallies I guess the classification puts a fair few vendors off.

If I had a copy of the OP's wanted manual wouldn't have to think once
never mind _TWO times about NOT giving him a copy what with his
appauling record on this NG.

Ian Jackson

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Nov 9, 2009, 9:18:14 AM11/9/09
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In message
<44f960f7-e19c-4159...@l13g2000yqb.googlegroups.com>,
G1LVN <gareth...@gmail.com> writes
From the day you're borne to the day you die.

>One of my teachers at grammar school gave me a stack of old signals
>pamphlets from his national service. Absolutely cracking they were
>particularly on antennas and propagation. Pity you never see them at
>rallies I guess the classification puts a fair few vendors off.
>
>If I had a copy of the OP's wanted manual wouldn't have to think once
>never mind _TWO times about NOT giving him a copy what with his
>appauling record on this NG.
>

I doubt if being marked 'SECRET' makes a scrap of difference to a
document's official status. Ideally, when no longer secret, it should be
'de-mobbed' by being over-stamped with something like 'declassified'.
Just DON'T contact the MOD and ask!!!!
--
Ian

nn...@benison.co.uk

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Nov 9, 2009, 9:29:35 AM11/9/09
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On Mon, 9 Nov 2009 14:18:14 +0000, Ian Jackson
<ianREMOVET...@g3ohx.demon.co.uk> wrote:

>Just DON'T contact the MOD and ask!!!!

Somebody will :-)

Jimbo GM4DHJ ...

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Nov 9, 2009, 11:39:04 AM11/9/09
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> Will they go easy on me if I come clean and confess to being a
> morse-test-passing G3 who actually knows how to use a BC221 and that I
> only really needed it to comply with the terms of my licence, or am I more
> likely to 'get the book thrown at me'?

no...coz I was the same ....got one in a wooden box in 1974.....and I
certainly knew how to use it .....with its nice book of calibration tables
..........


DieSea

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"Ian Jackson" <ianREMOVET...@g3ohx.demon.co.uk> wrote in message
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More importantly

Do the Serial numbers match

Or

Have "they" been doctored ??

DieSea


Jim

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Nov 9, 2009, 5:35:39 PM11/9/09
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There are classifications within classifications.

--

Jim, G4RGA

Slartibartfast

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Nov 9, 2009, 5:36:19 PM11/9/09
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It is a sad reflection upon this newsgroup and it's users, that when someone
has the audacity to use it for the intended purpose, they now have to prefix
the title with "On Topic".

"Brian Reay" <s...@website.invalid> wrote in message
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> I've just acquired a couple of Clansman 5.4m masts and, while erecting

> them doesn't really need instructions, they are so pristine it would be
> nice to have them "as issued", which I suspect includes a set of "field
> instructions". (I've some older 27' metal masts with such instructions on
> a metal plate.)


>
> Does anyone know if similar field instructions are issued with the
> Clansman masts? If so, a scan or description would be nice so I know what
> to look for under the table at rallies.
>

> --
> 73
> Brian G8OSN/W8OSN
> www.g8osn.net
>
>
>
>

Jimbo GM4DHJ ...

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they must all do what they are best at...being pompous .....

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Jimbo GM4DHJ ...

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puffed up with vanity; "a grandiloquent and boastful manner"; "overblown
oratory"; "a pompous speech"; "pseudo-scientific ...

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Jim

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Nov 9, 2009, 5:42:42 PM11/9/09
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There's no requirement for frequency measurement in the licence, as
far as I'm aware.

But there is, or used to be a requirement for you to have wavemeters
able to detect harmonics up to the the third - on the higest band
in use. (Well over a GHz for 70 cms users).

--

Jim, G4RGA

Frank Turner-Smith G3VKI

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Nov 9, 2009, 6:14:23 PM11/9/09
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Slartibartfast wrote:
> It is a sad reflection upon this newsgroup and it's users, that when
> someone has the audacity to use it for the intended purpose, they now
> have to prefix the title with "On Topic".
>
This must be an impostor, the Norwegian Coastline cleaner has never made
a post without swearing in it.

--
;-)
..
73 de Frank Turner-Smith G3VKI - mine's a pint.
..
http://turner-smith.co.uk

Brian Reay

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Nov 9, 2009, 6:16:01 PM11/9/09
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"Slartibartfast" <Slartib...@Norway-Coastline.net> wrote in message
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> It is a sad reflection upon this newsgroup and it's users, that when
> someone has the audacity to use it for the intended purpose, they now have
> to prefix the title with "On Topic".
>

Even then no useful replies were forthcoming. Clearly the usual idiots don't
do radio anymore, if they ever did.

luc...@eternal-flames.gov

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On Mon, 9 Nov 2009 22:39:41 -0000, "Jimbo GM4DHJ ..."
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> puffed up with vanity; "a grandiloquent and boastful manner"; "overblown
>oratory"; "a pompous speech"; "pseudo-scientific ...

You mean, Brian.

luc...@eternal-flames.gov

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On Mon, 9 Nov 2009 22:42:42 +0000 (UTC), Jim <nord...@yahoo.fr>
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> But there is, or used to be a requirement for you to have wavemeters
>able to detect harmonics up to the the third - on the higest band
>in use. (Well over a GHz for 70 cms users).


Damned Lechers.

luc...@eternal-flames.gov

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On Mon, 9 Nov 2009 23:16:01 -0000, "Brian Reay"
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>Clearly the usual idiots don't do radio anymore

I'm sure you "do" radio occasionally.

Try not to be so critical of yourself, when there are plenty on here
more than happy to do the job.

HTH

Nick.

luc...@eternal-flames.gov

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On Mon, 9 Nov 2009 22:36:19 -0000, "Shortyfartblast"
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>It is a sad reflection upon this newsgroup and it's users, that when someone
>has the audacity to use it for the intended purpose, they now have to prefix
>the title with "On Topic".


Never a problem you are likely to face though, is it old son?

Nick.

Jimbo GM4DHJ ...

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do bears shit in the forest ? ...


Jimbo GM4DHJ ...

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"Brian Reay" <seewe...@invalid.com> wrote in message
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didn't see you rushing to get that bloke a FT101 manual....you just took the
piss ...so why should people help you? ... yes we did radio before you
brought in a load of scumbags who made that made that impossible ....


Jimbo GM4DHJ ...

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<luc...@eternal-flames.gov> wrote in message
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what's got a hazelnut in every bite....?


Jimbo GM4DHJ ...

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"Jimbo GM4DHJ ..." <jim.g...@googlemail.com> wrote in message
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twice....glad it is therapy day ..........


Ian Jackson

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Nov 10, 2009, 3:12:07 AM11/10/09
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In message <revhf5d4h3b6fthl3...@4ax.com>,
luc...@eternal-flames.gov writes

Ho Ho!
I believe that this was a suggestion (somewhere), but I'm not sure if it
was actually written into the licence conditions. But to meet modern-day
spectrum purity expectations, you would probably need something more
sensitive than a tuneable lecher line with diode detector and
microammeter.
--
Ian

Spike

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Nov 10, 2009, 3:22:52 AM11/10/09
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Ian Jackson wrote:

>I doubt if being marked 'SECRET' makes a scrap of difference to a
>document's official status. Ideally, when no longer secret, it should be
>'de-mobbed' by being over-stamped with something like 'declassified'.
>Just DON'T contact the MOD and ask!!!!

It's quite possible to download documents with classification and
sensitivity markings. You'll find them on the web sites of the Hutton
and Butler Inquiries.

I have on my computer a copy of Richard Hadfield's written report of
his interview with David Kelly, for example.

--
from
Aero Spike
Not a member of the RSGB for 50 years 1959 - 2009

Chris Kirby

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Nov 10, 2009, 3:32:15 AM11/10/09
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Frank Turner-Smith G3VKI wrote:

>This must be an impostor, the Norwegian Coastline cleaner has never made
>a post without swearing in it.

You'd at least expect an F-word.

--
Chris

Spike

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Nov 10, 2009, 3:38:17 AM11/10/09
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Jim wrote:

Jim talks yet more cobblers....

Jeff

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Nov 10, 2009, 4:55:12 AM11/10/09
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>> There are classifications within classifications.
>
> Jim talks yet more cobblers....
>

Well there are if you count caveats as "classifications within
classifications".
Such as "UK EYES", "NATO", etc. etc.

So "SECRET UK EYES B" could be considered a classification within a
classification.

Jeff


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