[HamWAN PSDR] WADNR and Amateur relationship

Fri Mar 24 09:25:37 PDT 2023

This also should go out to the WWARA and WWA ARRL mailing list(s).

On Fri, Mar 24, 2023 at 9:15 AM Jamie Hughes <wa7jh at outlook.com> wrote:

> Hey everyone,
>
>
>
> Surrounding the WADNR and Amateur relationship I need to ask that those of
> you that believe that you/we have been wronged by the WADNR, please know
> that you/we have not!
>
> Please stop with any and all insults, digs, or alike towards them.
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>
>
> *Your Impact*
>
> When you engage on this topic you are likely speaking out of turn and have
> no idea surrounding why you/we were impacted. Sure, it sucks to be asked to
> leave, but if I came to your house and moved in without paying rent, you to
> might get all bent out of shape. You might be cool if I moved in, paid rent
> for me, but when I invite all my friends to move in as well, then you might
> get angry. In short this is what happened.
>
>
>
> I had members of my own club engage with a local county commissioner that
> joined us for our breakfast meeting and dove into this asking for help but
> failed to understand the background. Just imagine how poorly this would
> have turned out if our Commissioner reached out to the WADNR and found out
> that people were complaining about access but then learning that we failed
> to comply with the contract.
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>
>
> *Details*
>
> WADNR completed an audit and found several of their sites with equipment
> not captured in legal contracts. They did not single out amateurs as apart
> of this effort. Those amateurs that breached their contracts had a couple
> of things happen.
>
>    - Their amateur discount was revoked.
>    - And they were offered to renegotiate their contracts but at the
>    commercial rate. Going from ~$80 a year ~$400 a month is a shocker.
>
> *Note: *Commercial sites charge based on floor space and tower location.
>
>
>
> There are several efforts underway to ensure we repair our relationship
> with WADNR. There are still several amateurs that have great relationships
> with WADNR. Please don’t f*** this up for them.
>
>
>
> If you still have concerns, you are welcome to reach out to me or the
> HamWAN leadership. Please know that all of us are trying to remain
> respectful of those that got caught and drug us into this drama. I would
> love to out those guys as I have a history with a few of them, but it
> doesn’t benefit the issue or our hobby to do so.
>
>
>
> 73 (Ham radio way of saying Best Regards),
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>
>
> *Jamie Hughes*
>
> *WA7JH*
>
> *President / Public Information Officer / Repeater Committee Chair, KCARC*
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> *Public Information Officer, ARRL – Western Washington Section*
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-- 
John D. Hays
Kingston, WA
K7VE / WRJT-215
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