[CVCC] Fw: KP1-5 Project News Update
Ed Moore
nw4v at comcast.net
Wed Apr 20 06:45:43 EDT 2005
Dear CVCC,
Please take a few moments and read the article below.
I realize some of us have contacted our Representative in Congress. If you
have not, please do so at your earliest opportunity. All the details on how
to do this are described below.
This is a worthwhile effort for all amateurs. Please let me know if you
have any questions or need any help.
Thanks.
Vy 73,
Ed, NW4V
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From: "NA5U" <na5u at sbcglobal.net>
To: "'Home (E-mail)'" <michael.l.thomas at sbcglobal.net>; "'LM (E-mail)'"
<michael.l.thomas at lmco.com>; "'Mike Thomas NA5U (E-mail)'"
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Sent: Tuesday, April 19, 2005 9:22 PM
Subject: KP1-5 Project News Update
>
>
> DX Organization Leadership:
>
> I am writing to ask for your assistance in an important matter affecting
the
> pastime of DXing. It has been over ten years since Navassa Island (KP1)
and
> Desecheo Island (KP5) have been on the air. This is because the islands
are
> national wildlife refuges under the control of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife
> Service (FWS), which banned Amateur Radio from the islands in the early
> 1990s.
> Despite many requests for permits to visit the islands for Amateur Radio
> operations, the FWS has stated unequivocally that Amateur Radio is
> permanently banned from the islands. The FWS asserts that Desecheo is
closed
> for safety reasons because of unexploded bombs, illegal aliens and drug
> smugglers on the island; Navassa is closed to protect sensitive habitat.
Yet
> the review of over a thousand pages of internal FWS records and reports
> conducted by Brad Farrell, K4RT reveals that these claims are baseless.
FWS
> records reveal that it considers Navassa a healthy and highly pristine
> habitat. Yet the agency turns a blind eye to the many Haitian fishermen
who
> live there and start fires -- while refusing to issue permits to American
> Amateur Radio operators and other U.S. citizens for lawful use of the
> islands. In fact, the FWS recently considered encouraging more illegal
> alien fishermen to go to Navassa under a federal permit program!
> Since 1994 the FWS has relied on this charade to deny applications for
> special use permits for Amateur Radio on Desecheo or Navassa no fewer than
> sixteen times. To top it off, the FWS has wholly misrepresented the facts
> to several Congressmen who have inquired on behalf of Amateur Radio
> operators whose requests for permits for Desecheo and Navassa were turned
> down, and certainly did not disclose to these Congressmen the information
> they have kept hidden in their internal reports and records.
> This is alarming and just plain wrong, and it is why I am asking for your
> help. The KP1-5 Project, www.kp1-5.com, was launched to right these wrongs
> and we need your help. As a result of the efforts of hams across the
nation,
> H.R. 1183 has been introduced in Congress. H.R. 1183 would require the FWS
> to open Desecheo and Navassa to limited public use. It is not Ham-Radio
> specific. It is critical that legislators hear from their constituents
> telling them to support and cosponsor H.R. 1183.
> The KP1-5 Team met in Washington, DC on April 8th to present information
to
> Congressional staff and other interested parties. The presentation was
> successful. We learned while we were there that this must be a
'grass-roots'
> effort. So, if the bill is going to pass, it is up to the DX community to
> make this happen.
> Here is how your organization can help:
> 1. At your next meeting, or as appropriate for your group, please share
> the content of this letter.
> 2. Encourage your membership to individually contact their Congressman
> asking them to support and cosponsor H.R. 1183. The details on how to do
> this can be found at www.kp1-5.com. Urge them to follow up with phone
calls!
> 3. Utilize your e-mail reflectors to get the word out to your members
> and other DXers.
> 4. As the leadership of your organization, write each Congressman whose
> constituents are members of your club urging them to support H.R. 1183.
> 5. Please consider a donation of any amount to the KP1-5 Project. The
> Lone Star DX Association has agreed to oversee this fund. Details on
> donations can be found on the website <http://www.kp1-5.com/> . Any
donation
> will offset direct costs associated with moving this effort forward. None
of
> the considerable personal expenses of the KP1-5 Team will be reimburse by
> these donations. Please do not hesitate to contact me if you have any
> questions.
> 73 es DX,
>
> Michael L. Thomas, NA5U
> KP1-5 Project Director
>
>
>
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