I think the guy you are thinking of was Mike Gallego KA4MUJ.  He died a few
years back I think.

That was some circus that moved between 14.300  and .313.  Some of those
guys who got involved in the Herbie / anti-Herbie wars lived to regret it.
Remember  "Raincoat Charlie"?
----- Original Message -----
From: "Walt Smith" <[log in to unmask]>
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Sent: Saturday, June 22, 2002 8:29 AM
Subject: Fw: [Ham-News] The ARRL Letter, Vol. 21, No. 25


> Somebody remind me, but wasn't one of the old bunch that used to QRM
14.330
> a guy named _Mike_ Flippo from somewhere in Florida?  I just did a search
> for the last name Flippo in the QRZ database, and there's a younger Mike
> Flippo living in Georgia, but nobody with that last name anywhere in
> Florida.  The guy I'm thinking of was an old guy and a great pal of Herb,
> KV4FZ, and had a KA4 call.
>
> ==>FLORIDA MAN CONVICTED OF DELIBERATE INTERFERENCE, UNLICENSED OPERATION
>
> A Florida CBer accused of jamming Amateur Radio operations and
> transmitting without a license was convicted in federal court June 19 on
> eight misdemeanor counts. Willam Flippo of Jupiter was found guilty of
> four counts of operating without a license and four counts of deliberate
> and malicious interference. The jury deliberated about 30 minutes.
>
> Federal District Court Judge Daniel T.K. Hurley noted that, while the
> charges were misdemeanors, it was important that the amateur airwaves be
> free of interference in the event of an emergency. He ordered that Flippo,
> 60, remain in custody and undergo a psychiatric evaluation prior to
> sentencing.
>
> <remainder omitted>
>
>