Whoa! Strange is a word & a half for
this!
And
with all due respect to Simon, I would sure like to know a little bit more about
who sent what emails to whom before I start trashing Bernie and his
reputation.
Who
sent the emails?
What
did they say?
What
makes them "threatening?"
Why
would the ZD9 (UK?) licensing authorities possibly be swayed by emails sent
from anyone?
And
most importantly, why on earth would Bernie want to force Simon to go QRT?
Bernie? This is the guy who got screwed out of his 4W call several years
ago when someone complained about it. Why would he ever do that to someone
else? Especially on ZD9, which at best is only semi-rare
DX?
Something sure smells like two day old fish left in the back seat with
the windows rolled up in the summertime on this allegation gang... and I'm not
about to accept this one at face value. It just don't make
sense!
...oh
yes it does, I just realized what's going on. This is payback, gang.
I quote from February 7th issue of The Daily DX (sorry
Bernie, but I have to do it, so forgive me for the copyright
violation):
"Over the last few days
there has been a certain Italian operator QRV from ZD9. This same guy is also
operating on Freeband (read this to say CB!). This is as much ink as he is going
to get from me at this time."
So what's the real story? Did Bernie make an
inquiry into Simon's license, a? Or is Simon merely upset because Bernie
won't publicize a ZD9 op that includes illegal Freeband operation?
In any event... like I just said, something sure stinks
around here, but the wind's not coming out of MD. And while personally, I
don't care if Simon wants to operate illegally on Freeband (if he gets caught,
it's his problem), for him to smear Bernie like this without further proof is
uncalled for.
73,
ron wn3vaw
-----Original Message-----Evening...been followng this for a while.
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]On Behalf Of AC4NU Fred
Sent: Wednesday, March 15, 2006 10:50 PM
To: [email protected]
Subject: [DX-CHAT] KP5....and???
I'm no detective expert or nothing but something smells here and smells bad. I followed the link Marty (or is it Paul) wrote about, to the ZD9 station. Looks like Bernie W3UR from the Daily DX supposedly pulled the identical stunt on this guy on ZD9 that someone pulled on the Desechio guys. Here's what it said.
Operations made during February 2006.Thanks to Andy ZD9BV for his help.
BIG SHAME TO W3UR WHO TRIED TO FORCE ZD9ATN QRT BY SENDING SEVERAL THREATENING E-MAILS TO GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS.
THIS IS THE DX-MAN...
Now I'm not generally a suspicious man but this one has me angry. Why in blue blazes would anybody do such a thin? Maybe there's some bad blood or something going on I don't know. I do know that this has me wondering now more than ever what the real story is. for the record, I didn't need KP5 this time out. Anybody subscribe to his web sight can elaborate on either that Tristan guy's situation or on what may have happened on Desechio???
Peace,
Fred.
Paul Douglas wrote:
-----Original Message-----Now this is getting increasingly strange
Actually, according to information posted on Bernie's Daily DX site, it
was not "some bureaocrat/political appointee," but rather a licensed
amateur who complained to his congressperson, who then complained to the
FWS.
So, it is a licensed amateur, motivated by reasons known only to him/her
at this point, that "allegedly" was responsible for getting the KP5
operation shut down. It would be nice to know who this amateur is...
http://www.qrz.com/database?callsign=ZD9ATN
I wonder what's up with that. One has to wonder.
73's and God Bless
<<<<Marty>>>>>
