rrap 91705

As hurricane Katrina passed over New Orleans the ARRL hams ran away as
K1MAN knew that they would. So in K1MAN Bulletin 050912A K1MAN directed
his followers to "Head toward a hurricane/disaster zone. At some
point you will meet cars heading out as they evacuate. Many will have
cel phones and many of those will be non functional or overloaded
because of the very real communications emergency that you are there to
assist with. Now you park in some public place and solicit OUTGOING
TRAFFIC from anybody who is in need."

K1MAN directed that all of these messages be sent back to IARN
headquarters or to your home base by AMTOR (preferred), SSB voice, or
even CW for handling there by ordinary hard line telephones. From
there, hundreds of volunteers loyal to K1MAN and IARN stood ready to
deliver them to destination.

In the Newsline I received today is the following misleading
information obviously designed to discredit the great K1MAN.

"RESCUE RADIO: DON'T GO TO THE DISASTER AREA UNLESS YOU CHECK FIRST


If you get an e-mail or read an announcement from an unfamiliar ham
radio group that urges you to head toward the disaster area with AMTOR
gear, please ignore it. This is not an official request coming from
any agency directly associated with the relief efforts.


All official requests for ham radio aid being issued by the various
relief agencies are being funneled through the American Radio Relay
League and no place else. If you have any questions about the
authenticity of any Amateur Radio aid request please check the postings
at www.arrl.org. That's where you will find the latest and most
accurate listing of this emergency's ongoing communications needs.
(Various)"

The great K1MAN cannot permit this falsehood to go unpunished. The
millions who follow his divine leadership condemn this feeble attempt
by the Newsline to harm the image of K1MAN and the IARN. We who believe
the great K1MAN to be the one true ham leader demand a retraction and
apology now. If these are not forthcoming, K1MAN and IARN will file
tort litigation in this matter against all who listen to the Newsline
program.