Path: utzoo!utgpu!water!watmath!clyde!att!osu-cis!killer!tness7!tness1!sugar!ficc!peter From: peter@ficc.UUCP (Peter da Silva) Newsgroups: news.admin Subject: packet.radio Message-ID: <977@ficc.UUCP> Date: 22 Jun 88 14:33:54 GMT References: <5816@cup.portal.com> <581@picuxa.UUCP> <13@n0atp.UUCP> Organization: SCADA Lines: 15 In article <13@n0atp.UUCP>, barry@n0atp.UUCP (Barry S. Berg) writes: > I had hoped to put USENET onto packet radio... I think the legalities of this have been hashed out enough, but... It might be possible to set up a top-level distribution, moderated by Hams. This would satisfy any requirements that Hams originate messages sent over Ham frequencies, and would obviate the obscenity problem. The question is, how do other Hams feel about having some of their rapidly-vanishing bandwidth taken up by Usenet? Comments solicited from splut!jay and any other Hams on the net. -- -- Peter da Silva, Ferranti International Controls Corporation. -- Phone: 713-274-5180. Remote UUCP: hoptoad!academ!uhnix1!sugar!peter.