"Steve Baxter" wrote in message om...
The Baxter MAN is the god of the two-way. 10-4.
We love him on the 11 meter flip-flop. 10-4.
If you hammies don't want him we will gladly give
him a home on Channel 26. We all know he belongs
there. And thats the biggest 10-4 of them all!

Cousin Stevie on the side

What a great idea. Channel 26, the perfect place!

ak

[AS], Ltd.

P.O. Box HM ---- . Hamilton HM EX . Bermuda

[AS], F.B.C.O. Fax: (809) 295-0555 . Telephone: (809) 292-5555

August 21st. 1989





Mr. E. Pitman,

Government Telecommunications Officer,

Department of Telecommunications,

Hamilton.



Dear Ted,



I am faxing a transcript of the broadcast put out by K1MAN last week.



When you have read this I would like to have a meeting with you, maybe we could have lunch and discuss it then, to fill you in on what actually happened.



Your support with this would be appreciated. I have been to the American Consulate and will be writing a formal letter of complaint this week, requesting a public apology from K1MAN. He is advocating that I should lose my license for NOT passing third party traffic when the "world needed to know" and he had declared an emergency. He was doing this under the authority of the "FCC" according to him. I reminded him that we were not a State of the United States of America and that we were governed by the Department of Telecommunications and also the British arrangements for third party traffic. He could declare whatever he wanted to but until we had clearance, we would not pass it



No emergency had been declared and as far as we were concerned it was an unofficial net standing by in case we were needed should an emergency be declared. He did not like being informed that we were handling the situation ourselves very efficiently, without his help.



Please telephone me when it is convenient and I will explain more, or as I said, maybe we could have lunch.



Yours sincerely,



[AS] VP9--







Suite 201 . International Centre . Bermudiana Road . Hamilton . Bermuda





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This is a response to the editorial broadcast

by K1MAN after Hurricane Dean.



STATEMENT

K1MAN stated "IARN activated for Hurricane Dean as it neared Bermuda, Sunday August 6th. 1989 at 11.30 UTC. IARN Headquarters in Belgrade Lakes etc. received a call from [TS], VP9--, requesting assistance from IARN on 14.275mHz. Tony wants to activate 14.275mHz. . .etc. "



FACT - At 11.15 UTC, VP9-- & VP9__ activated the Bermuda net.

A broadcast was in progress and VP9-- decided to telephone KlMAN.



"We want 14.275mHz cleared due to the impending Hurricane."



Response from Glen Baxter, "No problem" and the telephone conversation finished.



FACT - At no time was a request made for IARN to assist or to activate.



FACT - KlMAN checked into the Bermuda net at 11.45 UTC and he was informed, (as were many others who had checked in) of the current situation in Bermuda.



STATEMENT

"Associated Press and therefore the entire world, was, de facto, cut off from the world of public information dissemination.......... up to the minute detail report, now assured that ham radio and IARN had a well established and well maintained link to Bermuda"



FACT - Glen Baxter was not on a well maintained link to Bermuda. He checked in and was given information the same as many other hams. The so called emergency was K1MAN generated and not an emergency in Bermuda. The reports of lack of readiness at 20.00 UTC were absolute poppycock. All of this information had been issued by the Bermuda Hams between the hours of 11.15 UTC and 13.00 UTC that Bermuda had been well prepared.



STATEMENT

by Glen Baxter ".....festival the previous Thursday which included a soccer match between teams on either end of the Island."



FACT - Again, poppycock. K1MAN had been informed that the Cup Match was a cricket game between St. Georges and Somerset, had been played, the result was a draw and everyone had a good time. The match was on Thursday and Friday when the storm was hundreds of miles away. This Information had been given hours earlier.



FACT - IARU had generated an emergency, no one else. Totally uncalled for "here is the important news we gathered for Associated Press." IARN were more interested in promoting themselves and Glen Baxter in particular and when he found that he was not wanted on the net and did not have control of it he resorted to terminological inexactitudes to achieve his ends.



FACT - Glen Baxter relayed conversations he had with VP9-- to Associated Press without the consent or knowledge OF VP9-- at the time. This is in contravention of International Law.



As an American citizen he has no right to assume Governmental authority and issue edicts to hams in other countries. At no time can he advocate publicly that licenses should be revoked and should he have any complaints then these should be directed through the Department of Telecommunications in Bermuda. His pontificating on people's attitudes and his declarations of emergencies allows him to promote himself and his organization in such a way that his approach does sound plausible. As they say you can fool some of the people some of the time but not all of the people all of the time and K1MAN does not fool any Bermuda Ham. His trip to Moscow paid for by the Young Communist League leaves one to suspect his motives and his reporting.



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(NOTE: emphasis in red was added)