<html><body bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><div>Tony,</div><div><br></div><div>Firstly thanks for your help while the network was down, I noted that your station gated a my traffic often when inward out east of Melbourne, and gave coverage around the Christmas hills area, where often other digi's didn't or in fact still won't</div><div><br></div><div>Could I offer some ideas on <br><br>Regards<div>Peter Wicklein</div><div>L7/31 Queen St <span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.296875); -webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.230469); ">Melbourne Vic 3000</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.292969); -webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.226562); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.226562);">Dir +61 3 99273801</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.285156); -webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.21875); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.21875);">Mobile +61 417 277 826</span></div></div><div><br>On 24/03/2011, at 22:02, Tony King <<a href="mailto:vk3api@people.net.au">vk3api@people.net.au</a>> wrote:<br><br></div><div></div><blockquote type="cite"><div>
<font color="#990000">MUST NOW BE TURNED OFF!!!</font><br>
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Talk about shades of the old time packet police.... <br>
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"It would have been much better put to say , "thank you for your
assistance and we appreciate your help, to avoid interference please
turn off your etc etc"<br>
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As my teenage grandsons say, "we aint actually gotta do nothin"<br>
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Regards Tony VK3API<br>
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On 24/03/2011 9:15 PM, Richard Hoskin wrote:
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IGates that have been used to fill in the lack of out
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