Attention W0VFW Members
Our VHF repeater has been taken off the Blind Hams node due to conduct unbecoming a ham who uses our repeater. This was brought to my attention by leadership from Blind Hams and via W8LM and I have confirmed some information by speaking with others. KC0VYJ has been addressed by others about proper on air conduct and now we are forced to take action.
The complaint involves being on air while drunk, making racist remarks, and using language not appropriate for this group. As your Repeater Trustee it falls to me to enforce repeater rules and so the VHF repeater has been taken down from the Blind Hams node while we deal with this matter.
While the club cannot prevent all bad conduct we can dictate what we permit on our repeater. Because of our affiliation with VFW Post 3115 we have a zero tolerance policy when it comes to racism and disrespect of our members and friends.
If you have any questions please contact me and I will answer promptly. The repeater may be brought back up for nets or when W8LM or KE0TGA can monitor conduct. Otherwise it will be down until I am convinced the problem is resolved.
73
KE0TGA
Repeater Trustee, VFW-ARC
