Hi Phil,
I love, that idea, that's the best way to do it.
I think I'll go out and get a bunch of pins, hopefully, I never have to use them, but if we do, we will, in this area, that is. There are a bunch of hams around here with direction finding equipment and antennas, and we will use them.
Trippy, ac8s
I've heard of hams doing that, thankfully.
Trippy, ac8s
  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Phil Scovell 
  To: [log in to unmask] 
  Sent: Friday, June 08, 2012 12:15 AM
  Subject: Re: confrontation on the air? what do you all think about this topic?


  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
  >>
  >