In response to the points raised about this group in the the off-topic comment posted on RSGB-Workshop this morning:
> It seems that in the groups.io HamChat my views about the technical traditions of amateur radio, expressed sincerely and without any personal rancour or similar unpleasantness are not welcome and I have been placed on moderation.
Three members flagged a spam message sent to the group yesterday evening (an advert for what3words). The entire group was set to 'moderated' so that I could intercept any further potential spam overnight, so as not to clutter people's inboxes.
All posted messages this morning were delayed, so that I could check for spam. Gareth's message arrived at 9:12 and approved 12 minutes later at 9:24 (5 minutes before his posting on RSGB-Workshop).
Apologies to anyone who felt concerned as a result of their message being held back for a few minutes.
> That group exists solely for the purpose of favourably discussing the ridiculous proposal for a licence class even lower than the Foundation and no dissent is to be permitted.
Dissent is permitted. Nothing was censored. Check the timestamps and you will see that Gareth's message appeared publicly 5 minutes before he claimed that it hadn't!
400+ people, across 2 groups, will have received unnecessary emails about something that was irrelevent and wrong (by 5 minutes), when this could have been resoilved by a simple private email to the moderator.
Not everything is a conspiracy. If anyone has a question to ask regarding the moderation policy, feel free to contact me direct, or in this group, rather than hoping I'll spot it in a different group.
> The CBer-masquerading-as-a radio-amateur is in control.
A copy of my valid UK Full licence (obtained under the more stringent licensing scheme is available for inspection as needed.
Have a good Friday everyone!
Pete M0PSX
Pete M0PSX