I would like to point out a few FACTs regarding this current foul up and
perhaps make a suggestion or two. I do regard this as contest related
as I think an individuals's call is of utmost importance.
For those of you who aren't aware, for the past year and a half, I have
operated Shadow Software Inc, which provided printouts and disk of the
vanity calls. I also performed a hand delivery service and was in fact,
in Pittsburgh on Friday night, September 19 at the Mellon Bank waiting
for the date stamp to increment to the 23rd at midnight. Before you touch
the ignitor to the flamethrower, Shadow is CLOSED!! Out of business! Kaput!
But over that time period, I was frequently in touch with the FCC and the
Mellon Bank. What I relay here is fact, not rumor, and I or you can verify
every single statement. And I am intimately familiar with the databases.
( and if N3SI is reading this or you know him, please ask him to ask the
FCC to correct his call in the database. It has been NN3SI for several
months )
Starting at the beginning, we all remember the FCC putting out those
notices saying the OMB was responsible for the delay in getting the actual
610V form approved. Well, I spoke to the individual in the OMB who in
fact handled it, and he told me it was done in 22 days. He also added that
it had probably sat in his incoming mail file for 21 of those days.
So let's start off at the beginning by saying the FCC has consistently
lied and misled.
We all know abuses have taken place in Gate 1 and 1A. Proving them or
getting the FCC to take action is entirely another matter. In so much as
the FCC ITSELF also committed abuses during the same time period, I rather
doubt any substantive corrections will take place, but if you want to see
a rather blatent one, download INDIV.ZIP and take a look at W7MT. He,
applied for a call sign change from W7MT to K7AFS ( I think that's correct )
This transaction occured on 6/4/96. ON 6/4/96, the EXACT SAME DAY, W7MT was
issued to a N7x3. (sorry, I just don't have the letter I wrote to the FCC
handy with the exact calls. ) The last time I checked the database, there
were 2 other instances where calls were relinguished and immediately
reassigned, both 4s ( 1x3s if I remember correctly )
Upon the initial news the FCC was planning the WEB page, I did call and
talk to the individual who was setting it up. It initially would have
REQUIRED a credit card and REQUIRED a box being checked WAIVING any
responsibility if the CC was misused, intercepted, ect. I wrote them a
very straightforward letter, the essense being that their proposal
violated so many Federal Laws that if they attemped to implement it, I
would ask for an emergency injunction in court. ( for instance, for any
of you who might have filed and used your CC number, please be aware that
anyone!!! can write the FCC, and get a complete copy of your application,
PLUS your CC number.( Freedom of Information Act of 1974, as amended )
The OMB was also very interested in that fact....seems the FCC had forgoten
to request approval. All of you know the issue all of a sudden went very
quiet, to be resurected only 2 days before the Mellon would actually start
accepting applications. Little too late for court action as I was sitting
in Pitt then.
As for my trip there, the Mellon was set up and ready to go. They DID
accept the 610Vs in the order they were handed over, they DID put them in
letter trays in THAT order, and the manager of the Lockbox Office ( not the
Supervisor, the MANAGER ) told me earlier in the day that they would process
them IN THAT ORDER, and forward them to the FCC IN THAT ORDER. At this
point, it would have been merely a matter of the FCC taking the top
application, asking the computer if the #1 call was available, and if so,
issued it. It would have been a matter of at most 2 days. Instead we are
all stuck with the mess they've made of it. They got about 337...or so
by the WEB and over 4000 by Mellon. Talk about the tail wagging the dog.
So, at this point, the FCC has positioned themselves to be the SOLE
entity who decides who comes first. ( and I understand that either K2KW
or W2KW HAS been issued, at the request of the ARRL, who wants to do a
cover story on that individual. It does NOT show in the database,)
Horror stories can go on and on. I'm through fighting..I didn't request
a call sign change...
BUT, do we take it laying down?, or is their some large club out there whose
members feel strongly enough about this to to engage the services of an
attorney and stop this mess right now! The FCC changed the rules. After
they start processing, it will be simply too much of an administrative
nightmare to undo. ( not to mention the howl which the new W6DX or W5DX
will put forth ) And if you for one minute think there aren't a bunch of
calls which have already been set aside for various people, you probably
own a bunch of swamp land. The FCC DID remove W5DX from the list of
available calls, but when confronted directly with that fact, put it back
in. stating "opps, just an administrative error...."
I don't know what else they have done, and at this point, I simply don't
care.
Do we, as a group, feel strongly enough about this matter to file a court
action simply asking that the FCC be required to do what they themselves
stated they would?, which will effectively stop the Vanity program, or do we
roll over on our backs? If it's going to be done, it must be now.
There are surely going to be replies...Please, address them to the group.
This is important to a lot of people...maybe others are simply not
interested...I don't read editorial pages in the paper....that's my
choice...you don't have to read this.
And for those of you who wonder why I feel so strongly about this, it's
not the vanity part. No one of you is above the law, and neither is the
FCC, but they have broken it, deliberately, and in doing so, have corrupted
our hobby and I have loved that for too long.
Thanks,
Ed
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Name: ed sleight
E-mail: k4sb@avana.net
Time: 10:15:42 AM
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>From floydjr@Interpath.com (Jimmy R. Floyd) Sat Oct 5 13:48:48 1996
From: floydjr@Interpath.com (Jimmy R. Floyd) (Jimmy R. Floyd)
Subject: CQWW RTTY 96 Scores IV
Message-ID: <2.2.16.19961005124848.1bf7abd8@interpath.com>
CQWW RTTY 1996
RAW SCORES
Compiled by
WA4ZXA
<floydjr@interpath.com>
Date Posted: 10/05/96
CLASS HRS SCORE QSO'S PTS QTH DX Z
_______________________________________________________________________
Single/OP/HP/UN/AB
S56A 42 1,585,639 1244 3067 402 105
TM7XX (F5MUX) 982,125 1076 2619 87 218 70
SM3KOR 28 583,110 862 2046 52 173 60
OH2GI 25 455,535 575 1719 45 157 63
A92GD 234,669 453 1311 1 125 53
PA0VHA 169,155 400 895 30 115 44
9K2HN 67,611 248 727 6 68 19
YB1AQS 18,655 100 287 4 34 27
N2DL 621,520 764 1828 112 161 67
N1RCT 35 464,508 812 1518 125 127 54
KB4GID 30 321,051 570 1039 117 124 68
W7LZP 255,960 555 948 126 91 53
WB5B 182,118 405 727 97 103 54
W7RSJ 143,715 430 715 93 69 39
W2UP 138,567 521 969 50 67 26
NA2M 83,569 237 433 70 78 45
N3KVF 79,692 205 458 60 74 40
W2JGR/0 11 68,376 270 407 75 54 39
AK0A 65,604 281 426 68 54 32
NB9C 37,346 158 263 65 47 30
N2HOS 36,322 137 254 53 55 35
VA3WRM 34,968 131 282 62 36 26
KI7RW/0 25,288 171 218 79 20 17
N2CQ 9,159 60 129 19 31 21
Single/OP/LP/UN/AB
YL8M (YL2KL> 863,583 1041 2419 52 230 75
EA3AII 203,320 378 920 44 129 48
UR5IBG 27 152,934 333 718 15 149 49
JE2UFF 147,225 272 755 29 107 59
G3YJQ 127,716 326 757 44 94 30
XE2DV 87,024 277 592 91 27 29
AA5AU 37 637,855 897 1537 160 172 83
WS1E 488,650 709 1450 131 148 58
WA4ZXA 44 467,852 641 1372 124 146 71
KA4RRU 455,400 638 1265 131 154 75
KE1FO 445,851 637 1323 115 153 69
VE6KRR 300,042 592 1266 116 75 46
KA2CYN 194,928 365 744 100 108 54
VO1HP 141,600 276 708 59 98 43
N1AFC (QRP) 99,302 246 574 57 79 37
KR4DA 93,070 230 454 73 81 51
VE1BZV 90,902 265 602 67 60 24
K0BX 74,448 228 396 77 67 44
K4FPF 73,530 182 430 45 87 39
WA4JQS 12 73,491 185 393 51 85 51
KF2OG 72,240 218 430 58 72 38
N7UUJ 67,887 298 397 94 41 36
KI4MI 66,240 186 67 73 40
N3BDA 37,990 132 290 38 56 37
K0RC 6 37,845 190 261 84 34 27
AB5SE 9 14,345 116 151 95
W6KNB 10,366 81 146 34 20 17
Single/OP/A/AB
DF3CB 42 1,117,551 973 2567 88 270 95
OH2LU 179,118 372 837 34 135 45
K1NG 1,350,875 1252 2675 172 235 98
N9CKC 309,848 587 1006 134 116 58
WF5T 253 475 91 81 44
Single Band
10M
15M
US9AQ 9,620 86 185 0 36 16
20M
S53MJ HP 269,280 670 1683 51 81 28
SM4DHF 43,656 172 408 22 61 24
K1IU 372,724 958 2167 51 90 31
VE4COZ 83,220 333 730 39 52 23
40M
ZS6EZ 205,720 471 1390 45 75 28
W2UP 138,567 521 969 50 67 26
80M
K2PS 17,500 175 247 42 21 8
Multi/Single
High Power
KG4GC 1,414,089 1500 3343 185 163 75
DL6RAI 1,369,554 1218 2958 93 272 98
IK2BUF 1,247,714
PI4COM 1,132,734 1088 2659 90 246 90
GW5NF 816,855 1030 2301 57 226 72
AA4FC 868,428 1184 2193 149 174 73
AA7NO 558,330 938 1509 169 125 76
VEFJB 240,352 441 1036 81 100 51
VE5RI 226,302 516 1088 98 68 42
K8DO 203,280 390 880 68 109 54
KF6A 158,440 425 680 112 73 48
KC5WBL 59,295 213 335 42 34 6
Low Power
VE6RAJ 233,709 530 1077 120 59 38
KK5CA 18,060 120 172 64 18 18
Multi/Multi
************************************************************************
OPERATORS LIST
STAION OPERATORS
Multi/Single
VE5RI VE5CMA,VE5FF,VE5FN,VE5SWR,VE5WI,VE6EZ
VE6RAJ VE6PC,VE6NJK,VE6RAJ
KG4GC KG4GC,KG4QD,KG4AU
KK5CA KK5CA,N5LYG,WA5UZB
KC5WBL N3BUO,KK5QA,KK5NA,N5YAK
AA7NO WA7LNW,N7PNK,AA7WP,AA7NO
VE3FJB VE3FJB,VA3CW,VE3IJM,VE3ABG,VE3VSM
PI4COM PA3ACA,PA3ALP,PA3BDQ,PA3BWD,PA3DMH,PA3GBQ,PA3GXF,PB0AIC
GW5NF GW5NF,GW4JBQ
IK2BUF IK2BUF,I2KHM,IK2SGF,I2GXS
KF6A KF6A,KJ6TC
AA4FC AA4FC,AD4TG,AF4Z,KT4DI,KC4HW,AB4GI,W3ZNB,WB4NPL,KK4DK
Multi/Multi
*********************************************************************
REMEMBER IF I ONLY GET SINGLE OP/ALL BAND YOU ARE GOING IN HIGH POWER!!!
I HAVE NO WAY OF KNOWING WHAT YOU RAN. JUST EMAIL ME DIRECT AND I WILL
CHANGE IT.
PLEASE NO ATTACHED FILES TO YOUR EMAIL !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
73's Jim
>From HWDX09A@prodigy.com ( ROBERT REED) Sun Oct 6 12:56:47 1996
From: HWDX09A@prodigy.com ( ROBERT REED) ( ROBERT REED)
Subject: Fcc and Vanity
Message-ID: <199610061056.GAA03798@mime4.prodigy.com>
Hi Ed,
I'm as annoyed as anyone else of the changes in rules AFTER the fact
but at this point I'm just in a waiting mode to get whatever comes
through. To stop the whole thing now would surely make for lots of
unhappy people. It would have been nice if some of these things were
acted on by the ARRL in the beginning but there is a slow moving
process and lack of backbone in speaking up there. The ARRL knew that
there would be electronic filing. One Director said on here NO WAY
and then maybe from later info from the ARRL VEC people who were
pretty sure it would happen. They were aware of it on Thursday I
think and told anyone who called.
I don't know of the K2KW/W2KW situation other than to say Clarence
W2KW is a good friend and about now should just be setting up shop in
the Virgin Islands as he does every year. I don't speak to him until
he gets there each year. Clarence is old any I could miss news of his
health. I do know that when he passes his nephew Dan Zarinski, WA2EYB,
is expected to claim his callsign at Clarence's orders. Dan is
almost totally inactivy the last 15 years or so but has been told he
will keep the call active. Clarence's station at Middletown, NY is
known as Radio Hill North and has been a real example of wire
antennas of major effort. The place has been toured by many groups
over the years.
____
73, Bob Reed, WB2DIN
1991 Route 37 West - Lot 109
Toms River, New Jersey 08757
Internet : hwdx09a@prodigy.com
wb2din@juno.com
Packet : wb2din@wt3v.nj
>From steve.steltzer@paonline.com (WF3T) Sun Oct 6 16:15:00 1996
From: steve.steltzer@paonline.com (WF3T) (WF3T)
Subject: Kenwood - The FACTS
Gentlemen,
I know many of you are tired of and/or not interested in this
thread, however, there seem to be many newcomers who are not aware of the
FACTS concerning Kenwood's new marketing strategies. Since I believe
everyone is entitled to the facts before making judgements, here they are:
1. Kenwood DID publicly announce the opening of new distribution channels
through CB and truckstop distributors.
2. Kenwood, via Paul Middleton, DID acknowlege the above in their written
response to a flood of protesting mail and email. Unfortunately, I trashed
the letter in disgust after reading it, so I no longer have the evidence, but
I'm sure others still do.
Now, it seems, they may be changing their plans, or just changing
their tactics to out and out lying about it. I certainly hope it is the
first. If that is the case, and Kenwood has rethought their plans, I would
like to see a public announcement stating the same. Otherwise, I would
advise taking anything said by other means (such as personal LL calls) with
the proverbial grain of salt. Until such public statement mentioned above,
I, for one, will not consider buying a Kenwood product.
73,
Steve - WF3T
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