I am, as are we all. But your "something" ain't my "something". 
--
Buddy Brannan, KB5ELV - Erie, PA
Phone: (814) 860-3194 or 888-75-BUDDY



On Jun 8, 2012, at 1:54 PM, Harry Brown <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

> Hi Buddy,
> That's fine, work that cw, and hope ya make a bunch of contacts, for =
> sure.
> However, what will happen problems are caused on your cw band when =
> you're trying to have a QSO?
> When will you become involved? Will you do something about it then?
> Trippy, ac8s
>  ----- Original Message -----=20
>  From: Buddy Brannan=20
>  To: [log in to unmask]
>  Sent: Friday, June 08, 2012 1:21 PM
>  Subject: Re: confrontation on the air? what do you all think about =
> this topic?
> 
> 
>  No Trippy, unfortunately you aren't the only ham that feels this way. =
> =3D
>  I'm sure that all of those DX pileup cops that holler at people who =
> make =3D
>  mistakes like transmitting on the dx station's freq instead of the =
> split =3D
>  feel the exact same way. As anyone can hear, such people don't help =
> the =3D
>  problem, they only exacerbate it. So if you feel like making the =
> problem =3D
>  worse, go right on ahead. Have fun getting the 14.313 people to quit =
> =3D
>  being 14.313 people. Enjoy that. I have better things to do with my =
> =3D
>  time. Like work some cw.=3D20
>  --
>  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]> =3D
>  wrote:
> 
>> Hi Steve,
>> I won't do those things, because, if nothing works, and we just then =
> =3D3D=3D
> 
>> avoid all the hams who are causing problems, and say, "what the =
> heck, =3D
>  =3D3D
>> 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 -----=3D3D20
>> From: Steve Dresser=3D3D20
>> 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 =
> =3D3D
>> this topic?
>> =3D20
>> =3D20
>> In my opinion, the kind of confrontation you described is just as =
> bad =3D
>  =3D3D
>> as the=3D3D20
>> offense itself.  How do we know that the guy really was a =
> bootlegger? =3D
>   =3D3D
>> Could=3D3D20
>> it be that somebody was angry enough to just walk into his shack, =
> =3D
>  grab =3D3D
>> the=3D3D20
>> mic, and make that claim?  If I thought someone really was =3D
>  operating=3D3D20
>> illegally, I'd try to contact him off the air to ask him to cease =
> =3D
>  and=3D3D20
>> desist, and if he seemed unwilling to do so, I'd report him in =3D
>  writing =3D3D
>> to=3D3D20
>> either the ARRL or the FCC.  If neither of those organizations did =
> =3D3D
>> anything=3D3D20
>> about his operating practices, I'd just avoid him on the radio.
>> =3D20
>> Steve
>> =3D20
>> ----- Original Message -----=3D3D20
>> 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 =
> =3D3D=3D
> 
>> topic?
>> =3D20
>> =3D20
>>> 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 =
> =3D3D
>> think.
>>> As you know, riley Hollingsworth, who was known for this cracking =
> =3D3D
>> down =3D3D3D
>>> on rule violaters on the air, isn't doing that any more, since he =
> =3D3D
>> =3D3D3D
>>> retired.
>>> I remember the day when I read that, and I thought to myself, "what =
> =3D3D=3D
> 
>> will =3D3D3D
>>> 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 =
> =3D3D=3D
> 
>> it =3D3D3D
>>> said something like this, "We hams will have to police the hobby, =
> as =3D
>  =3D3D
>> the =3D3D3D
>>> 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, =
> =3D3D=3D
> 
>> and =3D3D3D
>>> 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 =
> =3D3D=3D
> 
>> it's =3D3D3D
>>> pretty cool.
>>> A local ham friend of myne was talking to a 4th call area station =
> =3D3D
>> down =3D3D3D
>>> in Georgia, and they were having a real enjoyable QSO, and all the =
> =3D3D
>> =3D3D3D
>>> sudden, my friend heard this big bang, noise. Another ham grabbed =
> =3D3D
>> the =3D3D3D
>>> microphone, and said "this station, ...., is a boot leg station, =
> and =3D
>  =3D3D
>> =3D3D3D
>>> 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
>  =3D3D
>> =3D3D3D
>>> that community took matters into their own hands!"
>>> So, what do you all think about this issue?
>>> Trippy, ac8s
>>> =3D20