The ACMA {Australian Communications and Media Authority} Took 16yrs to track down a Pirate using a P29VS call sign in VK. He was allowed to operate by a certain group of Amateurs from VK / ZL / FK and V8. In this goings on Ian Doncaster V8IAN / VK2IAN / VK3XN & John Nixon VK4BJN / FK8FR & Robbie Beets VK4YV & John VK4CTJ plus ZL stations new of his Piracy and had him stay with them including introducing him as an Amateur. They also allowed this Pirate to operate on air from their QTH. These amateurs new the call was illegal, and he was a Pirate. His employment gave him access to "HF" equipment, being a Pilot. He had setup a station in VK at Sunbury in Victoria and the group that he was with still allowed him to join nets and take messages and pass traffic etc: These Amateurs had P29VS Val Lysenco stay with them in VK / ZL / FK and V8 and they had trips to other countries together, still knowing this was illegal for him to be operating Amateur Equipment. He was brought to the attention of the ACMA by a Licenced P29 station who is involved with the Intruder Watch, and he {Pirate} then was located by the ACMA, and fined etc: Do you think action should have been taken against the Amateurs, that kept him a Pirate for 16yrs. They were all Partners in crime. Also should the company he {Pirate} still works for be notified, being an Airline company. These Amateurs are making comments about others being involved in the Pirate being caught, just to take the lime light off themselves.
The same Hams sent a letter to the PNG Government trying to say that he did sit a Ham Exam in PNG and passed. These hams all should be fined for allowing it to happen and hide him for that time and to operate on air.
This was another Con job that this lot did.
Ian Doncaster VK3XN is also hiding from Brenton Meadows VK5BM:
"Does anybody know how to find a guy who ripped me off for several hundred dollars, He is Ian Doncaster, VK3XN or V85IAN or VK2IAN… We transferred money into his account and he has never sent us goods or returned monies after many months. He doesn’t answer my emails and I want to contact him and legally pursue him. This kills the ham radio spirit when hams do this, we do not have this problem often but this one has been most disappointing. I have held off from going public for 4 months but enough is enough, this is bad business and I hope no one else receives the same treatment from this chap. Brenton VK5BM"
