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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Thanks for your thoughts, Wes. I posted this
information to this forum because the KCAWG has a long track history of
high-level involvement in APRS and participation on this list and in APRS
affairs. I respect the opinions of those who think this topic did not belong on
this list and apologize to any who have been offended. Because our primary
purpose is APRS and our/my long-standing relationship with this list I felt that
it was appropriate to post the information here.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>The moral of the story is this: if you have a club
license be sure that you protect it by asking FCC to place the callsign on
monitored status. This will prevent the ULS from automatically issuing a grant
to others and automatically flags any changes for review by WTB before a grant
will be issued.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Jim Duncan, KU0G</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Chairman, KC APRS Working Group</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV>
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<A title=wes@ai4px.com href="mailto:wes@ai4px.com">Wes Johnston, AI4PX</A>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A title=aprssig@lists.tapr.org
href="mailto:aprssig@lists.tapr.org">TAPR APRS Mailing List</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Wednesday, January 30, 2008 5:54
AM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: [aprssig] The final word:
W0APR</DIV>
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<DIV>Jim, I appreciate your frustration in this whole matter, and I am glad
you have prevailed (truely). That said, this really is dirty laundry and
not on topic for APRS. This would be more on topic on one of the QRZ
forums or other general ham radio forums.</DIV>
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<DIV>73's OM</DIV>
<DIV>Wes<BR><BR> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=gmail_quote>On 1/30/08, <B class=gmail_sendername>Jim
Duncan</B> <<A
href="mailto:jdbandman@earthlink.net">jdbandman@earthlink.net</A>>
wrote:</SPAN>
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style="PADDING-LEFT: 1ex; MARGIN: 0px 0px 0px 0.8ex; BORDER-LEFT: #ccc 1px solid">Having
previously posted a notice to this group I wanted to make a
final<BR>follow-up to the status of the fraudulent application filing in
which an<BR>attempt was made to take over the KC APRS Working Group's club
station<BR>license, W0APR, by unauthorized persons.<BR><BR>Today I received
a telephone call from Terry Fishel of W.T.B. I am<BR>pleased to report to
you that F.C.C. has set aside the application for<BR>license and grant to
the wrongful applicant effective January 25, 2008,<BR>and have restored the
W0APR license to it's rightful licensees, the KC<BR>APRS Working
Group.<BR><BR>KCAWG filed a complaint with F.C.C. requesting a review of the
license<BR>grant in which we show that neither the applicant nor his
co-signer (a<BR>13-year-old amateur) were members or officers of, nor were
they acting<BR>upon the authority or appointment of any of the legitimate
officers of<BR>KCAWG.<BR><BR>The applicant has been sent a certified letter
advising that the<BR>automatic grant has been set aside. A true copy of the
letter is now<BR>available on the F.C.C. ULS system for anyone who wishes to
review it.<BR><BR>We are expecting to hear further from the Commission on
what action(s),<BR>if any, it will take with regard to the applicant and the
co-signer.<BR>Similar case determinations in the past two years, however,
have<BR>resulted in the applicants licenses being revoked.<BR><BR>The bottom
line: F.C.C. relies upon the honesty of applicants and does<BR>not hesitate
to take action when there are questions regarding whether<BR>or not
statements made on an application are truthful.<BR><BR>We appreciate the
Commission's swift action in this matter as well as<BR>the personal
attention afforded us by Mr. Hollingsworth and Mr. Fishel.<BR>--<BR>Jim
Duncan, KU0G<BR>President/Chairman<BR>Kansas City APRS Working Group<BR><A
href="http://www.kcaprsworkinggroup.com">www.kcaprsworkinggroup.com</A><BR><BR>_______________________________________________<BR>aprssig
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clear=all><BR>-- <BR>Some people's minds are so open, their brains fall out.
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