No Trippy, unfortunately you aren't the only ham that feels this way. I'm sure that all of those DX pileup cops that holler at people who make mistakes like transmitting on the dx station's freq instead of the split feel the exact same way. As anyone can hear, such people don't help the problem, they only exacerbate it. So if you feel like making the problem worse, go right on ahead. Have fun getting the 14.313 people to quit being 14.313 people. Enjoy that. I have better things to do with my time. Like work some cw. 
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Buddy Brannan, KB5ELV - Erie, PA
Phone: (814) 860-3194 or 888-75-BUDDY



On Jun 8, 2012, at 1:14 PM, Harry Brown <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

> 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
>>