I don't know what their plans are with regard to sales channels. Like most
of you, I would think it is very unappropriate that they sell amateur radios
at truckstops as a regular channel of distribution. If correct, I would
probably stop using their products.
The purpose of my letter was to address the earlier rumor that they would
exit the amateur radio market, based on my own personal conversation with one
of the North American Sales Managers. At this point it seems best to get
Kenwood's position and base our opinion on their actions and policy.
Certainly, phoney "memos" and rumors attributed to them are not
appropropriate.
Jim George
N3BB
>From HWDX09A@prodigy.com ( ROBERT REED) Fri Oct 4 15:02:59 1996
From: HWDX09A@prodigy.com ( ROBERT REED) ( ROBERT REED)
Subject: Gate 2 LONG/VANITY RELATED
Message-ID: <199610041302.JAA23610@mime4.prodigy.com>
Getting a government official to work fast is no more possible in the
FCC as any other agency and really has to be an accepted issue. Speed
is just not possible. Additional labor either from other departments
or day labor is something that costs and they will tell you the fees
went into the General Fund and not the FCC coffers.
About the only thing that bothers me in the process is that 4,300
people who studied and watched the releases on how to submit a first
day vanity application and did the RIGHT thing are beaten out by
latecomers in an electronic filing that never should have been
allowed. For how many years have we always been told to attach a
photocopy of a license ? Haven't past 610's been returned for no
signature ? Even today the VEC's cannot accept a FAX because it must
be the ORIGINAL signature that appears on the 610 that they act upon.
Next we have a send your money later to here. All of these factors
have for many many years been reasons to reject an application the
same as if one submitted too early was a rule of this filing.
I don't know who was driving the demand to have the electronic
version online for opening day but it seems to have subverted the
efforts of many people who followed procedures correctly.
Views previously expressed that electronic filing could still not be
paid for but steal a choice of a properly filed application by random
selection is a real concern. If nothing else the electronic
applications if still demeeded 9/23 first day submissions should be
processed following the properly filed ones as none of them could
have been completed with fees on 9/23. One can also figure if
electronics filed after 1700 EDT 9/23, the close of business, get
considered still first day or 9/24 as would be the case for mail
handled properly.
I don't mind modern changes but this sudden enactment of electronic
Vanity's seems to go against 35 years of watching 610's on my part.
____
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 floydjr@Interpath.com (Jimmy R. Floyd) Fri Oct 4 13:38:09 1996
From: floydjr@Interpath.com (Jimmy R. Floyd) (Jimmy R. Floyd)
Subject: CQWW RTTY 96 Scores III
Message-ID: <2.2.16.19961004123809.2a9f42de@interpath.com>
CQWW RTTY 1996
RAW SCORES
Compiled by
WA4ZXA
<floydjr@interpath.com>
Date Posted: 10/04/96
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
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
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 146,835 272 753 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
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
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
IK2BUF 1,247,714
PI4COM 1,132,734 1088 2659 90 246 90
GW5NF 816,855 1030 2301 57 226 72
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
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
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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
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.
73's Jim
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* Jimmy R. Floyd (Jim) Thomasville, NC *
* *
* Amateur Call: >> WA4ZXA << *
* Packet Node: >> N4ZC << *
* Internet Address: >> floydjr@interpath.com << *
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