Hi Pat, so, who will do it, if we don't?
Trippy, ac8s
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From: Pat Byrne
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Sent: Thursday, June 07, 2012 8:32 PM
Subject: Re: confrontation on the air? what do you all think about this topic?
It sounds like anarchy to me. i'd never be a part of it and damned
if I wouldn't see that the anarchists wound up in jail were it to happen to me.
And going back a step, it is HAM radio. We are not a bunch of
perfectionistic a-holes who spend all day beating up on one another.
Enough is enough.
Pat, K9JAUt 05:24 PM 6/7/2012, you wrote:
>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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