awesome!!!!! damn i want ot hear that recording
On Jun 7, 2012, at 6:24 PM, Harry Brown 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