Stick a pin through his coax.

Phil.





----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Steve Dresser" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Thursday, June 07, 2012 7:56 PM
Subject: Re: confrontation on the air? what do you all think about this 
topic?


> In my opinion, the kind of confrontation you described is just as bad as 
> the
> offense itself.  How do we know that the guy really was a bootlegger? 
> Could
> it be that somebody was angry enough to just walk into his shack, grab the
> mic, and make that claim?  If I thought someone really was operating
> illegally, I'd try to contact him off the air to ask him to cease and
> desist, and if he seemed unwilling to do so, I'd report him in writing to
> either the ARRL or the FCC.  If neither of those organizations did 
> anything
> about his operating practices, I'd just avoid him on the radio.
>
> Steve
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Harry Brown" <[log in to unmask]>
> To: <[log in to unmask]>
> Sent: Thursday, June 07, 2012 18:24
> Subject: confrontation on the air? what do you all think about this topic?
>
>
>> Hi all,
>> Since we've been talking about different ham radio lingo, etc.
>> I wanted to go another direction, and I want to know what you all think.
>> As you know, riley Hollingsworth, who was known for this cracking down =
>> on rule violaters on the air, isn't doing that any more, since he =
>> retired.
>> I remember the day when I read that, and I thought to myself, "what will 
>> =
>> we hams do now?"
>> Then, I read an article, that gave me the answer.
>> I don't remember where it was, whether in QST, or where it was, but it =
>> said something like this, "We hams will have to police the hobby, as the 
>> =
>> FCC won't have the resources to do it in the future."
>> I strongly agree with this article.
>> This is our hobby, and the FCC does indeed, not have the resources, and =
>> budget cuts will probably make this situation even worse.
>> So, how should we police ourselves on the air?
>> As a matter of fact, I heard about one way it was done, and I think it's 
>> =
>> pretty cool.
>> A local ham friend of myne was talking to a 4th call area station down =
>> in Georgia, and they were having a real enjoyable QSO, and all the =
>> sudden, my friend heard this big bang, noise. Another ham grabbed the =
>> microphone, and said "this station, ...., is a boot leg station, and =
>> will now be taken off the air."
>> My ham friend never heard this boot legger station again!
>> He said to me, "Trippy, I loved it, absolutely loved it, the hams in =
>> that community took matters into their own hands!"
>> So, what do you all think about this issue?
>> Trippy, ac8s
>>
>