Hello Don,
Saturday, September 24, 2005, 12:22:55 AM, you wrote:
DHA> I'm sorry you didn't get my point.
DHA> And I don't think you want to get into a discussion about attitude with me
right
DHA> now. More than half my roof damaged and half my
DHA> possessions damaged and working
DHA> 16 hours a day trying to save what I have left.
DHA> I offered to help and this is the response I get?
DHA> Don Hill AA5AU
DHA> Harvey, LA
DHA> _____
DHA> From: James Wades [mailto:wb8siw@charter.net]
DHA> Sent: Friday, September 23, 2005 10:28 PM
DHA> To: 'Don Hill AA5AU'
DHA> Cc: k9sz@wittmer.us; rtty@contesing.com; Riley.Hollingsworth@fcc.gov;
DHA> w1aw@arrl.org
DHA> Subject: RE: RTTY Interference to Hurricane Rita Ops
DHA> Hi Don:
DHA> I'm saddened by your response. Since when was one mode less worthy of
DHA> protection under Part 97 than another? What ever happened to basic
operating
DHA> courtesies, such as checking a frequency with a receiver before
transmitting?
DHA> Do such courtesies go out the window when a contest starts?
DHA> I have to admit, I resent the implication that I couldn't be heard. We
had been
DHA> communicating with other SATERN and NREN stations throughout North America
on
DHA> several bands all night. Perhaps I couldn't be heard because I was
running 150
DHA> watts instead of 1500 (???).
DHA> Your suggestion that we use Phone is laughable. Our partnership with
SATERN
DHA> grew out of the fact that during Hurricane Rita, the phone nets were
overloaded
DHA> with excess demand on circuit capacity and inefficiency was degraded by
DHA> inexperienced operators. Our net regularly handles an average of 3.75
times
DHA> more traffic than voice nets per hour. By the way, this statistic was
compiled
DHA> over a period of four years working with a major State EMA, which
independently
DHA> compared Amateur voice, CW, and data circuits. So, to answer your
question,
DHA> "what the heck mode are you using on 40-meters?" We're using CW, and we
have
DHA> every right to do so.
DHA> While I do appreciate your willingness to pass on my "plea" to your fellow
RTTY
DHA> contesters, and while I recognize that you did not directly interfere with
our
DHA> net, I am saddened by your attitude and the lack of respect it shows for
your
DHA> fellow radio amateurs.
DHA> 73,
DHA> James Wades
DHA> General Manager, Michigan Net, QMN
DHA> National Radio Emergency Net
DHA> P.O. Box 457
DHA> Allegan, MI. 49010
DHA> Telephone: 269-978-2787
DHA> FAX: 269-978-1906
DHA> _____
DHA> From: Don Hill AA5AU [mailto:aa5au@bellsouth.net]
DHA> Sent: Friday, September 23, 2005 9:49 PM
DHA> To: 'James Wades'
DHA> Cc: k9sz@wittmer.us; rtty@contesing.com; Riley.Hollingsworth@fcc.gov;
DHA> w1aw@arrl.org
DHA> Subject: RE: RTTY Interference to Hurricane Rita Ops
DHA> Yes, I run RTTY and I am in the contest on 40 meters.
DHA> Jim, what the heck mode are you trying to run a net on between 7047 and
7053 Khz
DHA> during the largest RTTY contest of the year? I might suggest that you run
the
DHA> net on phone. I understand your predicament but the contest has already
started
DHA> and the RTTY ops have no way of knowing you are there if they can't hear
you. I
DHA> can't hear you!
DHA> I lost most my roof during Katrina. I put 12 tarps on in the last two
week and
DHA> today in 40 mph wind and driving rain I had to put on 4 more tarps as water
DHA> keeps finding ways to come in.
DHA> I've copied the RTTY reflector but there is no way to get the word out
now, it's
DHA> simply too late.
DHA> If you move to phone, let me know. I'd like to join in and help if I can.
Both
DHA> my towers were blown down by Katrina, but I took my HF2 vertical down
before the
DHA> storm and that is the only HF antenna I have a present.
DHA> Don AA5AU
DHA> _____
DHA> From: James Wades [mailto:wb8siw@charter.net]
DHA> Sent: Friday, September 23, 2005 8:21 PM
DHA> To: aa5au@bellsouth.net
DHA> Cc: k9sz@wittmer.us; rtty@cqww.com;
DHA> Riley.Hollingsworth@fcc.gov; w1aw@arrl.org
DHA> Subject: RTTY Interference to Hurricane Rita Ops
DHA> Hi Don:
DHA> I am writing this letter to you because I understand your are active in
the RTTY
DHA> community. If I am mistaken, please disregard. Otherwise, I earnestly
solicit
DHA> your help with the following problem:
DHA> It is 900 PM EDT on the evening of Friday, September 24. The National
Radio
DHA> Emergency Network, in cooperation with the Salvation Army Team Emergency
Radio
DHA> Network is in the process of gearing up our response to Hurricane Rita.
Our net
DHA> on 7050 khz was operating normally until the start of the CQ WW RTTY
contest.
DHA> This contest has now "consumed" and disrupted our primary nighttime
frequency
DHA> with high power RTTY signals. These stations fail to recognize the
standard
DHA> "QRL" signal or other requests to move. They have interfered with official
DHA> communications related to the Hurricane Rita response.
DHA> It is furthermore important that our operations were in progress before the
DHA> start of the RTTY contest. We had control of the frequency and it was
taken
DHA> away from us improperly. The General class portion of this sub-band is now
DHA> packed with RTTY signals leaving no room for our operations.
DHA> Could you please, please, please get the word out on the RTTY reflectors
and
DHA> similar lists respectfully requesting that they avoid the segment between
7047
DHA> and 7053 KHz due to interference with SATERN and NREN operations in
response to
DHA> Hurricanes Katrina and Rita. PLEASE.
DHA> Unfortunately, I am also forwarding a copy of this message to Riley
DHA> Hollingsworth asking for official FCC protection on the above stated
DHA> frequencies.
DHA> Thank you!
DHA> James Wades, PEM
DHA> General Manager, Michigan Net, QMN
DHA> National Radio Emergency Net
DHA> P.O. Box 457
DHA> Allegan, MI. 49010
DHA> Office Numbers:
DHA> Kalamazoo, MI: 269-978-2787 (FAX: 269-978-1906)
DHA> Franklin, TN: 615-261-8242
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You go guy , I'm with you
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Best regards,
Ray WB2MLY mailto:rburns2548@charter.net
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