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/////////////////////////////////////////// Ham-Fisted: Chap's Radio App Killed Remotely After Posting Bad Review: Posted: 20 Dec 2016 03:18 AM PST http://www.eham.net/articles/38275 A US ham radio software developer has admitted a support staffer disabled a customer's copy of its application after he posted a negative review online. The owners of HRD Software today told The Register they have since reinstated the user's license, claiming the revenge move was made by an outside support staffer. Here's what happened: a bloke called Jim Giercyk in Greenville, South Carolina, US, downloaded and installed an update for his Ham Radio Deluxe application. Next, the program inexplicably stopped working, so Giercyk contacted HRD's support team for help. Then, according to a log of the conversation between Giercyk and the support agent, the country rock musician was told his copy had been disabled remotely in response to a negative online review he had posted in September. /////////////////////////////////////////// Transatlantic Commemoration Successful: Posted: 19 Dec 2016 04:01 PM PST http://www.eham.net/articles/38274 Last week we mentioned the special event to commemorate the 95th anniversary of the first transatlantic contact between Greenwich, Connecticut, and Ardrossan, Scotland on Sunday the 11th of December. The commemorative contact between Greenwich and Ardrossen took place at 1531UTC with US operator Dave Patton, NN1M and Scotland operator Jason O'Neill, GM7VSB. The original 1921 message was exchanged successfully. /////////////////////////////////////////// Claims WIA in Trouble With ASIC and ACMA Without Foundation: Posted: 19 Dec 2016 04:01 PM PST http://www.eham.net/articles/38273 Some members have commented that the Australian Securities and Investment Commission (ASIC) has issues with the WIA's financial processes and is investigating the WIA. The WIA President has discussed the matter with ASIC and referred several queries to the WIA's Auditor for clarification. The queries were in relation to building depreciation, treatment of subscriptions in advance, and the independence of the Auditor. The Auditor subsequently contacted ASIC and has advised that its representations were fully accepted and no further correspondence is required on the matters raised. Suggestions have been made that the WIA incurred ASIC fines. To our knowledge, the WIA has never incurred an ASIC fine or late payment fee. However, a company known as Amateur Radio Pty Ltd was registered in 1970 in order to protect the name "Amateur Radio" from possible use by other organisations. The directors of Amateur Radio Pty Ltd were past WIA directors and at least one past secretary, but the current WIA directors were not made aware of its existence. This company had not paid recent registration fees, but as the name was important to the WIA (being the name of our hobby and of our journal), the WIA Board made a decision to pay the late payment fee of several hundred dollars in order to prevent Amateur Radio Pty Ltd being deregistered. |
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