I know some people, you break down their door, you'll meet a gun on the
other side of it, and someone who shoots first, asks questions later, but
you won't be answering them.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Steve Dresser" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Friday, June 08, 2012 2:02 PM
Subject: Re: confrontation on the air? what do you all think about this
topic?
> Trippy,
>
> Beyond reporting the problem to the appropriate officials, what else
> should
> we do? Do you really have an effective way to stop the practices you
> don't
> like? I'm not just saying "What the heck." I just don't think I can do
> anything more effective than filing a written report. I don't have any
> legal authority, and I'm certainly not going to go toe-to-toe with someone
> who has already demonstrated that he probably doesn't much care what other
> hams think. The issue here is effective confrontation, not just
> confrontation for its own sake.
>
> Steve
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Harry Brown" <[log in to unmask]>
> To: <[log in to unmask]>
> Sent: Friday, June 08, 2012 13:14
> Subject: Re: confrontation on the air? what do you all think about this
> topic?
>
>
>> Hi Steve,
>> I won't do those things, because, if nothing works, and we just then =
>> avoid all the hams who are causing problems, and say, "what the heck, =
>> let someone else do it."
>> Not me, I'm not gonna wait for someone else to do it.
>> Thankfully, I'm not the only ham who feels this way.
>> Trippy, ac8s
>> ----- Original Message -----=20
>> From: Steve Dresser=20
>> To: [log in to unmask]
>> Sent: Thursday, June 07, 2012 9:56 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=20
>> offense itself. How do we know that the guy really was a bootlegger? =
>> Could=20
>> it be that somebody was angry enough to just walk into his shack, grab =
>> the=20
>> mic, and make that claim? If I thought someone really was operating=20
>> illegally, I'd try to contact him off the air to ask him to cease and=20
>> desist, and if he seemed unwilling to do so, I'd report him in writing =
>> to=20
>> either the ARRL or the FCC. If neither of those organizations did =
>> anything=20
>> about his operating practices, I'd just avoid him on the radio.
>>
>> Steve
>>
>> ----- Original Message -----=20
>> 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 =3D
>> > on rule violaters on the air, isn't doing that any more, since he =
>> =3D
>> > retired.
>> > I remember the day when I read that, and I thought to myself, "what =
>> will =3D
>> > 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 =3D
>> > said something like this, "We hams will have to police the hobby, as =
>> the =3D
>> > 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 =3D
>> > 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 =3D
>> > pretty cool.
>> > A local ham friend of myne was talking to a 4th call area station =
>> down =3D
>> > in Georgia, and they were having a real enjoyable QSO, and all the =
>> =3D
>> > sudden, my friend heard this big bang, noise. Another ham grabbed =
>> the =3D
>> > microphone, and said "this station, ...., is a boot leg station, and =
>> =3D
>> > 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 =
>> =3D
>> > that community took matters into their own hands!"
>> > So, what do you all think about this issue?
>> > Trippy, ac8s
>> >
>>
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