Hi Ron,
They didn't asult him, didn't touch him, but all the hams got together, and they did their mission, and thankfully, he never was able to get on the air, again.
Now those are the kind of hams I want to be a part of, the ones who, will, try more tactful ways first, then, if the station comes back on the air, we will get that station off the air, for good.
Trippy, ac8s
  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Ron Canazzi 
  To: [log in to unmask] 
  Sent: Friday, June 08, 2012 12:03 AM
  Subject: Re: confrontation on the air? what do you all think about this topic?


  Hi Harry,

  If I understand what you are saying, it sounds like vigilantism to me.  Did 
  someone actually go onto the bootlegger's property and forcibly shut down 
  (translate confront, assault, restrain) the alleged bootlegger? If so, this 
  is going down a slippery slope in my opinion.  What if the vigilantees make 
  mistakes?  What if an innocent ham in the neighborhood is mistaken for the 
  bootlegger/violater by the non professionals?

  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: "Harry Brown" <[log in to unmask]>
  To: <[log in to unmask]>
  Sent: Thursday, June 07, 2012 6:24 PM
  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