hahahahaha.
that can be a smoky proposition lol.
it definitely lets the smoke out of the big illegal amplifier.

73
Colin, V A6BKX
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Phil Scovell" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Thursday, June 07, 2012 10:15 PM
Subject: Re: confrontation on the air? what do you all think about this 
topic?


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