The FCC is hiring a couple more commissioners.  You can't just take matters
into your own hands.  There are legal processes the FCC goes through before
taking someone down off the air.   


Barb K1EIR

-----Original Message-----
From: For blind ham radio operators [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
On Behalf Of Steve Dresser
Sent: Friday, June 08, 2012 12:10 AM
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: Re: confrontation on the air? what do you all think about this
topic?

Yeah, try explaining that to the arresting officer and see how far you get. 
You'll be in worse trouble than the bootlegger.  That stuff looks good on TV
or in the movies, but it doesn't work well in real life.

Steve

----- Original Message -----
From: "Phil Scovell" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Friday, June 08, 2012 00:15
Subject: Re: confrontation on the air? what do you all think about this
topic?


> Stick a pin through his coax.
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> ----- 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?
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>> 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
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>> ----- 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
>>>
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