Roy, As a prior FD chairman, I feel your pain. Thank you for explaining to Scott and Travis...and acting as the Head Of All Things Field Day
I wish we could adapt to all wishes, but this year proved again that decisions must be made that affect some more than others PSK has been debated for many years...and is just too overpowering of others on the band. If PSK on 10m was got...it wouldn't be a problem. But 20m is the PSK main band and is the money band for CW and SSB as well. Excellent job by all!!! Field Day just get better and better!! Kirk KK2Z On Thursday, July 3, 2014, Roy Storey via BVARC <[email protected]> wrote: > First, I want to apologize to the two gentlemen that are at the center of > this "Flame War" that occupies so much time on this reflector. > > I and the individuals involved, have the only first hand knowledge of > the facts. It was my decisions that created the situations that I will > explain below. I would like for it to be understood that in my defense, > when I took on this job, I knew nothing. Everything was "On The Job > Training" and I had only 60 days to put it together. I knew that mistakes > would be made in some of my decisions and I would receive some flack for > making them. So, to settle the matter, here are the facts about the two > incidents in which I was involved. > > *As this controversy applies to Scott Royall:* > > After the Field Day Committee had been formed, discussions about what > modes we would operate were held. It was decided that we would have two > RTTY stations, three CW and three Phone. The subject of using PSK was > strongly advised against since prior experience told of interference to > other stations on the field. > Scott contacted me via email about bringing his station. He explained in > great detail about how difficult it would be for him to do this without a > person to dismantle and reassemble his station. Also the disruption of his > caregivers lives. I knew that Scott wanted to use PSK, but we were not > going to have that mode this year and I knew that this would be a great > disappointment to Scott. > I replied to Scott in an email. I told him how much I respected his > abilities in spite of his physical limitations (I really do). I told him I > knew that this decision would be a disappointment to him, but to not let it > get him down. I suggested to him to operate from home on Field Day and I > understand that's exactly what he did. > Unfortunately, Scott continues to complain by using using this reflector > to reveal, what I perceive as a childish attempt at retribution against me > and BVARC. > > Scott, directly to you. I am truly sorry for the actions taken by me > that caused you so much hurt. You should hold me responsible and not the > club. It was my decision. I made it and I have to stand behind it. > > *As this controversy applies to Travis Burgess:* > > Travis, this was a terrible screw-up that I made. I want you to > understand how sorry I am and would give anything if it hadn't happened. > > Some background: > > As we were trying to gather radios and equipment, Travis volunteered two > radios. He later changed his mind and offered one. He then decided he would > provide a stand alone station. All the emails sent to me by Travis, I > *Replied* to. As FD got closer, I sent several emails to Travis and he > did not reply. > There was also communication between Travis and Mike Davidson > (Operations) so I didn't worry about a no reply from Travis. About a week > before Field Day, I sent Travis an email explaining we would not need his > station after all and not to bring it. I got no reply but thought nothing > of it since he seemed to never reply to me anyway. I went about my business > and forgot about the no reply from Travis. > Friday afternoon, I delivered to the field some antenna poles that > belonged to Travis that I had stored at my home since last year. I went > home from the field late Friday and something triggered my brain to make > sure Travis understood about his station. I sent off an email to him and > went to bed. > Saturday morning, I was shocked to find a rejected notice in my inbox > stating there was no mailbox for the email sent to Travis. I checked my > address book and sure enough, I had his address *wrong. * Why didn't his > ISP reject my other emails? Too late to do anything now so I went to the > field. > > Shortly after I arrived at the field, Travis came in with a smile and > raring to go. I was the one that had to give him the news about his station. > > Travis just looked at me with no expression on his face and said "I'm > going home". If you know Travis like I do, you know he hides his true > feelings behind a mask of no expression. This makes it hard to know if he > is serious or not. Anyway, I found out later that he, in fact, had gone > home. > In case you don't know, Travis is an excellent photographer and the > clubs official one. Fortunately, other cameras were available but we did > miss Travis. I was disappointed he had abandoned his post. > > So there you have it. My firsthand accounting of the events that set > this fire storm in motion. > > I want to once again apologise to both of you and to the members of BVARC. > As to who is right and who is wrong, I leave it up to the reader. As the > Chairman of the Field Day Committee, I had to make some hard decisions. I > stand by my actions. > > Please give some thought to what I just said and let's put this matter to > bed. > > Respectfully, > > > 73 -- Roy Storey W5TKZ > Chairman, 2014 Field Day Committee >
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