On 2 Sep 2003 at 8:48, Jim Isbell wrote:
> Another factor that can help on long distance is a Ham call. At least
> you can look the guy/gal up on the QRZ site. You can verify that the
> FCC has an address for them. Yes, there are crooks with FCC calls,
> but even with them, you have an address that you can, pretty much,
> rely on.
> Not always, but its rare when you cant.
Be VERY careful about crooks with Canadian callsigns! I don't know HOW they
get them or WHY the DOC and RCMP can't stop them.
There are several of them. Now to be fair the VAST majority of Canadian hams
are honest, trustworthy fellers, but several U.S.
hams have been "bitten" by crooks holding VE7 and VE8 callsigns
over the past 7-8 years.
Again, NOTHING against Canadian amateurs in general, but it is
the only country I know of that has licensees that repeatedly steal
on a regular basis. This has been well documented in the
Usenet newsgroups and on the Yahoogroups Badham list.
Caveat emptor
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