You know by now that the hole in the trailer floor has gotten a lot bigger.

-----Original Message----- 
From: Buddy Brannan
Sent: Friday, June 08, 2012 12:16 PM
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: Re: confrontation on the air? what do you all think about this 
topic?

Simple. We'll stick 'em in the hole in the trailer floor.
--
Buddy Brannan, KB5ELV - Erie, PA
Phone: (814) 860-3194 or 888-75-BUDDY



On Jun 8, 2012, at 1:10 PM, Gary Ketler <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

> If we kick down bootleggers doors, what will we do when they kick down our
> doors for things they don't like.
>
> -----Original Message----- 
> From: Harry Brown
> Sent: Friday, June 08, 2012 12:07 PM
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Re: confrontation on the air? what do you all think about this
> topic?
>
> Hi Pat, so, who will do it, if we don't?
> Trippy, ac8s
>  ----- Original Message -----=20
>  From: Pat Byrne=20
>  To: [log in to unmask]
>  Sent: Thursday, June 07, 2012 8:32 PM
>  Subject: Re: confrontation on the air? what do you all think about =
> this topic?
>
>
>  It sounds like anarchy to me.  i'd never be a part of it and damned=20
>  if I wouldn't see that the anarchists wound up in jail were it to =
> happen to me.
>  And going back a step, it is HAM radio.  We are not a bunch of=20
>  perfectionistic a-holes who spend all day beating up on one another.
>  Enough is enough.
>  Pat, K9JAUt 05:24 PM 6/7/2012, you wrote:
>> 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