sábado, julio 23, 2005

'ICE" CAMPAIGN UPDATE

ICE IS NOT A SCAM - VODAFONE

Vodafone have moved to reassure customers that putting ICE (In Case of Emergency) in your mobile phone will NOT cause a problem.

A spokesman for the company said it helped the East Anglian Ambulance NHS Trust launch the initiative earlier this year.

Updated "ICE" program information at URL: http://www.eastanglianambulance.com/default.asp

'ICE" ACTUALIZACIÓN DE CAMPAÑA


ICE NO ES UNA TIMO - VODAFONE

El Compania Vodafone se ha movido para tranquilizar a clientes que la puesta del "ICE" (en Caso de la Emergencia) en su teléfono móvil no causará un problema.

Un portavoz de la compañía dijo que esto ayudó a la Ambulancia de Anglian del este la Confianza de NHS lanza la iniciativa antes este año.

Información de programa "de ICE" actualizada en URL: http: // www.eastanglianambulance.com/default.asp

martes, julio 19, 2005

Jack Gerritsen ex-KG6IRO - "Ding Dong the Witch is dead! The Wicked Witch is dead! Let's hope the Witch STAYS dead!"

Dennis-N6KI

Re: State of California, v. Jack Gerritsen. Case# 5RH02481

On July 13, 2005 at Rio Hondo Superior Court El Monte Division, Gerritsen was sentenced to 120 days in State Prison and given 3 years probation for making threats over the 145.440 N6USO repeater (on Sunset Ridge, near Claremont and Pomona, California). The jury had taken one-half hour to reach a verdict on the case.

Fortunately, his criminal activities on both sides of the international border have now been stopped. He is scheduled for a Federal trial in October for additional charges related to radio-jamming.

A letter from the Deputy District Attorney who prosecuted the case appears below the Spanish translation:

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En el 13 de julio de 2005 en Rio Hondo, la División de Tribunal Superior, el Gerritsen fue sentenciado a 120 días en la prisión estatal y dada 3 años de libertad condicional para hacer las amenazas sobre el 145,440 MHz. repetidor N6USO (en Sunset Ridge, cercano Claremont y Pomona, California). El jurado había tomado un medio hora de alcanzar un juicio en el caso.

Afortunadamente, sus actividades criminales en ambos lados de la frontera internacional ahora se han parado. El es planificado para un proceso Corte Federal en octubre para cargos adicionales relacionados a atascar las radiofrecuencias.

Para su información, una carta del deputado del Ministro de Justicia que procesó el caso es incluida:

"To all HAM's who lent their generous support, About the only thing more plesant for me than securing a conviction in the trial of Jack Gerritsen was the tremendous support received from all of you, either through your testimony, your appearance at the sentencing, and/or your emails. It made this case and the effort that the prosecution team expended all the more worth it. I learned a great deal about 'HAM' radio through this trial. One thing I learned is that there are a great deal of hard-working, civic minded HAM operators out there. The sad reality is that people like Jack Gerritsen seem to ruin it for a whole lot of good people. It is extremely unfortunate that at times he has had success in making HAM radio more difficult to enjoy and to use. But it's certainly time this conduct came to a screeching halt.

While it is unfortunate that Mr. Gerritsen was only subject to six months of confinement for his conduct, there is still hope. As many of you know, Mr. Gerritsen is set to stand trial in federal court in early October. He will again be representing himself. But this time the stakes will be much higher. I am writing both to thank you for the assistance you gave me, but also to encourage you to attend as much of the federal proceedings as you can (downtown Los Angeles federal district court building).

Mr. Gerritsen was duly tried and properly convicted in state court. I expect the same to happen in federal court where Mr. Gerritsen will again receive a fair trial before 12 members of our community. What I cannot stress enough, however is how important it is to have a HAM presence during the trial.

Even I, after some time preparing for this case, lost sight of the fact that a great deal of the general public does not understand and/or appreciate HAM radio. And the general public certainly does not understand the extent of the terror Mr. Gerritsen has unleashed on amateur radio. Your presence and your support at every stage of the federal trial is important. I can't tell you that all of it will be interesting, but I can tell you it will be important. And knowing Jack Gerritsen as well as I now do, I'm willing to bet you that his case will go to jury trial.

Your support can help see that he is fairly and justly convicted again. I want to thank in particular the following persons without whom this case would not have ended so successfully:

1. Ron Stucker
2. Don Walker
3. John DeGennaro
4. Burton Brink
5. Dan Welch

All of these gentlemen were very patient with me and because of that patience, justice prevailed. We all owe them thank yous. Feel free to contact me if you have any further questions. Looking forward to getting a license (unlike someone we all know) I am, Very Truly Yours,

Russell L. Moore
Deputy District Attorney
County of Los Angeles El Monte Area
Office(626)350-4591"
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The following is a statement by Ronald J. Stucker, W6RJS, regarding this matter:

"To all Licensed Amateur Radio Operator's (sic) and all involved in the matter of The People of the State of California, V. Jack Gerritsen. Case# 5RH02481. On April 8, 2005 on the 145.440 N6USO repeater, Jack Gerritsen made a terrorist threat against my life and my daughter. I left the repeater and made a complaint to the local Sheriff's Department. Later that day I returned to the 447.920 KD6LVP repeater owned by Mike Steiner to turn it back on and make a call. I was asked previously by K6JPS Jim Schellin Trustee of said repeater to be a control operator because of Jacks (sic) continued terrorism. Before I could shut the repeater back down Jack threatened me again stating that he looked up my call sign on qrz.com, he had my address and was on his way over to my home. He also stated nice picture of you and your daughter, will she be there too? I put another call to the Sheriff's department to ask for protection.

The Deputy returned to my residence and camped out hidden for almost two hours. Long story short, Jack Gerritsen was convicted of said terrorist threat today. He was incarcerated and bail was set at one hundred thousand. This is great news for all in the ham community Jack has terrorized for over five years now making terrorist threats, jamming ham radio repeaters, nets, ect. Jack also has transmitted prerecorded political and religious messages (Illegal Broadcasting) criticizing our presidents and religious leaders. He has done this all even jamming a children's net using said vulgar language. I know this is just the beginning of Jacks (sic) new court cases.

He was out on bail till today for his arrest on May 5, 2005 bye (sic) the FBI assisted by the FCC on Communications Violations. I hope this news makes US. Amateur Radio Operators all over feel better about our legal system and our rights as operators. Justice was served today in this Jury trial. It only took the Jury thirty minutes to deliberate a guilty verdict.

I thank them for seeing the truth, not feeling sorry for him and not allowing Jack to confuse them about irrelevant questions about ham radio and how he was the victim being jammed. The District Attorney instructed the Jury to focus on "The Charge! The Charge! The Charge! "The crime, the terrorist threat ect. All through this trial Jack insisted that he had a valid license to talk on ham radio and this was a just another conspiracy to silence his freedom of speech.

I would like to give a special thanks to the following:

1. District Attorney Rusty Moore, for working so hard and doing so much research.
2. Don Walker KF6QQC for taking time out of his busy work schedule testifying.
3. John De Genaro KF6QHN for taking time out of his busy work schedule testifying.
4. Deputy Burton Brink N6USO for his testimony, hard work.
5. And all others involved in this matter.

Thank you all again! This was a great day for Amateur Radio! Ex-KG6IRO Jack Gerritsen the TERRORIST is being sentenced on July 13, 2005, 9:00 AM at Rio Hondo Superior Court El Monte Division Department 4. The address is 11234 Valley Blvd, El Monte, CA 91731

(IMPORTANT) District Attorney Rusty Moore instructed me to flood said court room on Jack (sic) Sentencing date. I ask that all victims, Ham Radio Operators, ect, (sic) to Please show up and show support on this day and time.

Sincerely and Thanks, Ronald J. Stucker W6RJS

P.S. You all have my permission to forward this email to Licensed Amateur Radio Operators.