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</head><body><p>Sure, I should think the TUPE regulations would have made that pretty much obligatory anyway.<br></p><p>Alex<br></p><blockquote type="cite"><div id="ox-45295b74fc" class="ox-45295b74fc-hmmessage">On 09 December 2015 at 13:40 Ian Hickling <transplanfm@hotmail.com> wrote:<br><br><div dir="ltr">I agree Alex - but I suggest that my writing "<em>Same people - just a different company name"</em> could still the be case, as last time I had any contact on the subject it was the same individuals who used to be with JFMG.<br><br><div><div style="color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8000001907349px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; background-color: #ffffff;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><strong>Ian Hickling</strong><br></span></div><span style="color: #222222; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; background-color: #ffffff; font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #222222; background-color: #ffffff;">Partner</span></span><br><br><a style="color: #1155cc;" href="http://www.transplanuk.com/" target="_blank"><img src="https://ci4.googleusercontent.com/proxy/2SkDsnIzSZgRbNnNKBSiwxiFhFQWRGV55mTjVL23fulnJpstZmYxeKrrYefY4qxiSgkMrAETld64XINLXCsujE_zI5gAsQyWeCWvHixcrNYtar3Sij4YlVBgN2NSQ-n2DsgZvrnpWZlfwCQ=s0-d-e1-ft#http://www.transplanuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/transplan_UK_weblogo_190x60.png" alt=""></a><div style="color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8000001907349px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;"><em><span style="font-size: medium;">Office: 01635 578435  (7am-11pm UK time)</span></em></div><div style="color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8000001907349px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;"><em><span style="font-size: medium;">Carphone: 07530 980115 (only responds when driving)</span></em></div><div style="color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8000001907349px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;"><em><span style="font-size: medium;">6 Horn Street, Compton, NEWBURY, RG20 6QS</span></em></div></div><br><br><div><hr id="ox-45295b74fc-stopSpelling">From: tlr@gairloch.co.uk<br>To: cma-l@mailman.commedia.org.uk<br>Date: Wed, 9 Dec 2015 11:41:42 +0000<br>Subject: Re: [cma-l] 4ZZZ accounts and parameters<br><br><div><span style="font-family: Tahoma; font-size: small;">Keep up Ian - JFMG lost the PMSE contract to Arqiva a while back, maybe 2013. </span></div><div> </div><div><span style="font-family: Tahoma; font-size: small;">Then that contract was terminated early in April this year and it went back in-house. </span></div><div> </div><div><span style="font-family: Tahoma; font-size: small;">In April Arqiva announced:</span></div><div><span style="text-transform: none; background-color: #f3f9f6; text-indent: 0px; display: inline; font: 11px/19px arial, verdana, tahoma, sans-serif; white-space: normal; float: none; color: #1c2837; word-spacing: 0px;">Ofcom has made the decision to insource the people, services and processes as they believe this will provide continuity for the delivery of licensing services as well as providing value for money for UK citizens and consumers. It further provides an excellent opportunity for experts in both organisations to come together within Ofcom to build upon the close working relationship established during this contract on key events such as the Olympic and Commonwealth Games; and to continue this close collaboration into the future for the good of the sector.<span class="ox-45295b74fc-ecxApple-converted-space"> </span></span></div><div> </div><div><span style="font-family: Tahoma; font-size: small;">(I see Arqiva invented a new verb there, by the way, "to insource", ugh but I suppose a natural consequence of adopting "outsource".)</span></div><div> </div><div><span style="font-family: Tahoma; font-size: small;">The invoice for our latest PMSE licence came from Ofcom rather than JFMG and was payable to Ofcom: <span style="background-color: #f4f0f2; font-family: Arial;"><br></span><span style="text-transform: none; background-color: #f4f0f2; text-indent: 0px; display: inline; font: 14px/19px 'Open Sans', Arial, sans-serif; white-space: normal; float: none; color: #000000; word-spacing: 0px;">PMSE Licensing,</span><br style="text-transform: none; background-color: #f4f0f2; text-indent: 0px; font: 14px/19px 'Open Sans', Arial, sans-serif; white-space: normal; color: #000000; word-spacing: 0px;"><span style="text-transform: none; background-color: #f4f0f2; text-indent: 0px; display: inline; font: 14px/19px 'Open Sans', Arial, sans-serif; white-space: normal; float: none; color: #000000; word-spacing: 0px;">2nd Floor Riverside House<br><a href="mailto:pmse@ofcom.org.uk">pmse@ofcom.org.uk</a></span></span><br></div><div><span style="text-transform: none; background-color: #f4f0f2; text-indent: 0px; display: inline; font: 14px/19px 'Open Sans', Arial, sans-serif; white-space: normal; float: none; color: #000000; word-spacing: 0px;"><br><span style="font-family: Tahoma; font-size: small;">Alex</span></span></div><blockquote><div style="font: 10pt arial;">----- Original Message -----</div><div style="font: 10pt arial; background: #e4e4e4;"><strong>From:</strong> <a href="mailto:transplanfm@hotmail.com">Ian Hickling</a><br></div><div style="font: 10pt arial;"><strong>To:</strong> <a href="mailto:cma-l@mailman.commedia.org.uk">The Community Media Association Discussion List</a><br></div><div style="font: 10pt arial;"><strong>Sent:</strong> Tuesday, December 08, 2015 11:11 PM</div><div style="font: 10pt arial;"><strong>Subject:</strong> [cma-l] 4ZZZ accounts and parameters</div><div><br></div><div dir="ltr">I hadn't heard that JFMG no longer had that contract, it looks like the new contractor bounced it.<br><em>Same people - just a different company name</em><br>I thought that most radios used a high local oscillator which would start around 98 megs?  Is the other one an image?<br><em>Local oscillator is designed to run at 10.7 MHz higher (or occasionally lower) than the  first stage circuit thereby generating a heterodyne of 10.7 MHz so that the IF circuits have only one frequency (+/- 100 kHz) to amplify</em><br>I also thought that one of the arguments for low power (<=25 W) was that overseas co-ordination wasn't required.<div><em>Nice theory - doesn't work in practice</em>.<br><br><div><div style="text-transform: none; background-color: #ffffff; text-indent: 0px; font: 12px arial, sans-serif; white-space: normal; color: #222222; word-spacing: 0px;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><strong>Ian Hickling</strong><br></span></div><span style="text-transform: none; background-color: #ffffff; text-indent: 0px; font: medium arial,sans-serif; white-space: normal; color: #222222; word-spacing: 0px;"><span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #222222;">Partner</span></span><br><br><a style="color: #1155cc;" href="http://www.transplanuk.com/" target="_blank"><img src="https://ci4.googleusercontent.com/proxy/2SkDsnIzSZgRbNnNKBSiwxiFhFQWRGV55mTjVL23fulnJpstZmYxeKrrYefY4qxiSgkMrAETld64XINLXCsujE_zI5gAsQyWeCWvHixcrNYtar3Sij4YlVBgN2NSQ-n2DsgZvrnpWZlfwCQ=s0-d-e1-ft#http://www.transplanuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/transplan_UK_weblogo_190x60.png" alt=""></a><div style="text-transform: none; text-indent: 0px; font: 12px arial, sans-serif; white-space: normal; color: #222222; word-spacing: 0px;"><em><span style="font-size: medium;">Office: 01635 578435  (7am-11pm UK time)</span></em></div><div style="text-transform: none; text-indent: 0px; font: 12px arial, sans-serif; white-space: normal; color: #222222; word-spacing: 0px;"><em><span style="font-size: medium;">Carphone: 07530 980115 (only responds when driving)</span></em></div><div style="text-transform: none; text-indent: 0px; font: 12px arial, sans-serif; white-space: normal; color: #222222; word-spacing: 0px;"><em><span style="font-size: medium;">6 Horn Street, Compton, NEWBURY, RG20 6QS</span></em></div></div><br></div></div></blockquote><br>_______________________________________________ Reply - cma-l@commedia.org.uk The cma-l mailing list is a members' service provided by the Community Media Association - http://www.commedia.org.uk Twitter: http://twitter.com/community_media http://www.facebook.com/CommunityMediaAssociation Canstream Internet Radio & Video: http://www.canstream.co.uk/ _______________________________________________ Mailing list guidelines: http://www.commedia.org.uk/about/cma-email-lists/email-list-guidelines/ _______________________________________________ To unsubscribe or manage your CMA-L mailing list subscription please visit: http://mailman.commedia.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/cma-l</div></div></div></blockquote><p><br> </p><blockquote type="cite">_______________________________________________<br><br>Reply - cma-l@commedia.org.uk<br><br>The cma-l mailing list is a members' service provided by the Community Media Association - http://www.commedia.org.uk<br>Twitter: http://twitter.com/community_media<br>http://www.facebook.com/CommunityMediaAssociation<br>Canstream Internet Radio & Video: http://www.canstream.co.uk/<br>_______________________________________________<br><br>Mailing list guidelines: http://www.commedia.org.uk/about/cma-email-lists/email-list-guidelines/<br>_______________________________________________<br><br>To unsubscribe or manage your CMA-L mailing list subscription please visit:<br>http://mailman.commedia.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/cma-l</blockquote></body></html>