[TenTec] SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENT

[Paul Gates]

I just realized that I may have talked to you when you were on East Cars!

Paul, KD3JF.

On Wed, Mar 20, 2013 at 12:34 PM, John Occhipinti <k3ur at att.net> wrote:

> Due to the complaints from the TEN-TEC Eagle operators, whom I can count
> on both hands and coupled with the fact that only a total of 9 TEN-TEC
> Eagle radios checked into both the 40 meter and 20 meter SSB nets this past
> Sunday, I have decided in the best interest of Amateur Radio to drop the
> TEN-TEC Eagle Group from any of my future postings about the TEN-TEC SSB
> nets.
>
> Also, the TEC-TEC Eagle Group will no longer receive anymore postings
> about the TEN-TEC Certificate Program, which was started by Jim Wharton
> NO4A, Vice President, TEN-TEC, Inc.
>
> Now for the future of the TEN-TEC nets: My many years as net control for
> EAST CARS, the Maritime Net, the Christian Fellowship Net, the Yaesu
> FT-2000 net and now the TEN-TEC 40 meter and 20 meter SSB nets, I have
> gleaned a plethora of experience in handling pile-ups, QRM, jamming and a
> myriad of other unexpected surprises during the nets.
>
> I have learned to rely on various relay stations to pick up any weak
> stations and the cooperation on the TEN-TEC nets has been superb. This is
> what has made the TEN-TEC nets the envy of other groups on the Amateur
> Radio bands. The bottom line is that all those who check into the nets each
> Sunday are the ones that are directly responsible for the outstanding
> success of the TEN-TEC nets.
>
> When I took the initiative and resurrected the TEN-TEC nets in April 2012,
> after several years of no TEN-TEC nets, I just wanted to gather a group of
> like-minded and level-headed
> Amateur Radio Operators to discuss topics related to our hobby.
>
> Little did I realize how the nets would grow and from April 2012 to
> January 2013 (9 months)the TEN-TEC nets kept growing in popularity. Then in
> January of this year I was approached by Jim Wharton NO4A, Vice President
> TEN-TEC, Inc. and said that he would like to start a certificate program
> for the faithful TEN-TEC supporters who regularly check into the nets on
> Sunday.
>
> Jim and I worked together and the new TEN-TEC Certificate Program was
> inplemented on January 20th of this year. With new enthusiasm the checkin
> totals started to increase each week and along with this came the typical
> "Monday morning quarterbacks" who claimed that they could "throw more
> touchdowns than John". Personal emails followed with very derogatory
> remarks about me, my ethnic background, my profession and my family.
> What was posted on the various TEN-TEC Groups were mild compared to the
> personal egregious emails that I have received.
>
> When I started the TEN-TEC nets back up in April 2012, I had planned to
> stay on as net control for 1 full year and then turn the net over to
> someone else. Next month will be 1 full year for me as net control of the
> 40 meter and 20 meter TEN-TEC nets.
>
> In spite of the negativity that has been rampant, I have continued to
> receive support from many of our TEN-TEC family and I have decided to stay
> on a little longer as net control of both TEN-TEC nets. For all of those
> who have already received your first TEN-TEC
> Certificate and for the many hundredths more who will be getting them, I
> will continue posting on the other 4 TEN-TEC Groups.
>
> I want to thank Jay K0MU, for allowing me to use the Eagle Group for the
> past year.
>
> John, K3UR
>
> http://www.qrz.com/db/k3ur
> John D. Occhipinti, K3UR
> Net Control, TEN-TEC SSB Nets
> http://k3ur.com
> The Voice of Atlanta
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