[W3GV] FW: To Whom It May Concern...

Lee Williams n3app at neo.rr.com
Mon Mar 19 15:57:16 EDT 2018 

Why is this being re-forwarded again? Fat fingers or a mistake I hope.

73,Lee Williams,N3APP,retired (-;

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "JOHN LINDVAY" <jlindvay at msn.com>
To: "RAE Newagroup" <w3gv at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Monday, March 19, 2018 2:16 PM
Subject: [W3GV] FW: To Whom It May Concern...


>
>
> John Lindvay
> 814-455-1061
> 814-490-0253
> jlindvay at msn.com
>
> ________________________________
> From: Richard Cutter <rccutter at gmail.com>
> Sent: Sunday, March 18, 2018 10:58:52 AM
> To: John Lindvay
> Subject: Fwd: To Whom It May Concern...
>
>
>
> Sent from my iPad
>
> Begin forwarded message:
>
> From: Richard Cutter <rccutter at gmail.com<mailto:rccutter at gmail.com>>
> Date: August 5, 2017 at 6:00:28 PM EDT
> To: John Lis <jjlis165 at gmail.com<mailto:jjlis165 at gmail.com>>
> Subject: Re: To Whom It May Concern...
>
> Hello John,
>
>    That's to bad.  I was looking for someone to take over the 61 repeater, 
> Nick could have been that person.
>
>                   Rick
>
> Sent from my iPad
>
> On Aug 5, 2017, at 11:39 AM, John Lis 
> <jjlis165 at gmail.com<mailto:jjlis165 at gmail.com>> wrote:
>
> Rick,
> I thought you would enjoying reading this interesting e-mail I got this 
> morning from N3KGD Nick.
> He is the young ham who has the Ford Police interceptor and is a security 
> guard up at the Casino.    He worked up at 911 Center before.
>
>
> 73,
> John
> N3NKV
>
>
> From: Nick Seelinger <nseelinger at att.net<mailto:nseelinger at att.net>>
> Date: Sat, Aug 5, 2017 at 12:33 AM
> Subject: To Whom It May Concern...
> To:
> Cc: Lee Williams <n3app at neo.rr.com<mailto:n3app at neo.rr.com>>, Dave Wellman 
> <wx3e at arrl.net<mailto:wx3e at arrl.net>>, Dave Wellman 
> <ucdavid at aol.com<mailto:ucdavid at aol.com>>, Jeremy Vickerd 
> <bestfixit at gmail.com<mailto:bestfixit at gmail.com>>, Alan Jordano 
> <greysave at aol.com<mailto:greysave at aol.com>>, 
> n3gks at hotmail.com<mailto:n3gks at hotmail.com>, 
> wplyonssr at gmail.com<mailto:wplyonssr at gmail.com>, 
> jjlis165 at gmail.com<mailto:jjlis165 at gmail.com>, 
> w3gho at arrl.net<mailto:w3gho at arrl.net>, 
> wrath49_2000 at yahoo.com<mailto:wrath49_2000 at yahoo.com>
>
>
> All receipts CC'd for privacy.
>
> Effective immediately, I will be discontinuing any volunteer and public 
> service in relation to amateur radio. This includes Erie County SKYWARN 
> and the Erie Area Mailbag Net. It was a pleasure serving for both of these 
> operations the past several years, however, with the continued degraded 
> Radio Association of Erie repeater systems and the near lack of upkeep or 
> maintenance of their repeater equipment not to mention continuous failures 
> for months on end with no apparent thought or care on resolving these 
> issues for public service nets as previously mentioned, I will be stepping 
> down and surrendering my radio equipment. Radios are going to be shut off 
> and sold, and the FCC will be contacted on Monday to terminate the license 
> held by me. After numerous attempts at bringing to the attention of the 
> Radio Association of Erie their lackluster maintenance and failing 
> repeaters, not to mention offering help and being turned down, I was told 
> in so many words tonight to "go fuck myself
> " if I'm not happy with the repeaters and that if I'm not happy with them, 
> don't use them. RAE club president Doug, AD4UL and Mike, N3GKS amongst 
> others also had their comments telling me to take off, so I will step 
> down. It's pretty pathetic when we try to run public service and have crap 
> and failing equipment for over six months, and the RAE feels they got the 
> best system in town. Links never working, poor audio levels amongst other 
> things. People have volunteered to help and have been turned away. So, if 
> this is how RAE wants to represent amateur radio around here and instead 
> of fixing the issue for over six months that has been brought up, tell me 
> if I don't like it to take off, I guess that's what I am going to do. As 
> long as the repeaters work for AD4UL's precious 9pm ragchew net or his 
> public service events, that's all that matters and everyone else can go 
> get bent. I will not be on the airwaves any further nor will I be 
> continuing participation with any area clubs. I
>  wish everyone the best of luck and thank you for allowing me to serve our 
> community. Unfortunately, things have changed and there are clear issues 
> that don't want to be resolved and evidently I'm the issue. In my honest 
> opinion, there is no reason we should even be running nets on those 
> repeater systems that aren't maintained properly or with a club whom has a 
> lackluster attitude in believing their stuff don't stink and instead make 
> other people the problem when they have clear issues they don't want 
> pointed out for six months that don't get resolved. I seriously hope no 
> one gets hurt one day by using such faulty radio equipment such as SKYWARN 
> operators in the field. So, I will be taking the advice of Doug and Mike 
> amongst various others. This is another chapter of my life I can write off 
> and move on. It was a pleasure volunteering but it's time to move on. I've 
> been told in so many words I'm the problem. I was also advised during an 
> emergency SKYWARN net how to conduct an
> d operate my station and how to speak and talk and to use proper 
> vocabulary. So, evidently I'm a poor radio operator as well.
>
> UCWA: I will be surrendering the Lee Road tower site key to Lee Williams, 
> N3APP.
>
> Best of luck to everyone in their future endeavors. I will no longer be on 
> the air and in fact the license will be terminated once completed from the 
> FCC.
>
> I don't have everyone's email so feel free to redistribute as necessary.
>
> 73,
> Nick Seelinger,
> N3KGD,
> ex-SKYWARN Net Control Operator
> ex-Erie Area Mailbag Net Control Operator
>
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