[HamWAN PSDR] WADNR and Amateur relationship
Bart Kus
me at bartk.us
Fri Mar 24 18:11:05 PDT 2023
Hi Everyone,
Jamie is NOT a member of HamWAN leadership in any way. This is just a
random person misusing this mailing list for political purposes.
--Bart
On 3/24/2023 9:15 AM, Jamie Hughes 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.
>
> *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.
>
> *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 * Their amateur discount was revoked.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),
>
> *Jamie Hughes*
>
> *WA7JH*
>
> *President / Public Information Officer / Repeater Committee Chair, KCARC*
>
> *Public Information Officer, ARRL – Western Washington Section*
>
> Email: president at kcarc.org <mailto:president at kcarc.org>
>
> Phone: (360) 340-8886 <tel:+13603408886>
>
> *Kitsap County Amateur Radio Club*
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