An interesting aside....
When PT0S was on 80M last night there was a W0 with a wide raspy
signal. He was quite loud here in WI. He was calling about 8 up and
his signal was so bad he was covering up the transmit frequency of the PT0.
I sent him a courteous e-mail and he responded this morning that while
he was transmitting on 80M his amp was tuned for 160M.
So sometimes a gentle notice does some good. Not sure if that would
have the same effect if it was intentional.
On 11/12/2012 12:03 PM, Michael Tope wrote:
Good advice, Mike. In fact, that's why I followed up my initial post
with the suggestion that I had know way of knowing that the previously
named offender was the actual perpetrator of the bad operating. In
hindsight it would have been better to contact him privately and pass
on my observations. Mea culpa.
73, Mike W4EF...........................
On 11/12/2012 9:36 AM, mstangelo@comcast.net wrote:
Michael,
Good advice. Remember to contact the potential offender off-list.
Mike N2MS
----- Original Message -----
From: Michael Tope <W4EF@dellroy.com>
To: topband@contesting.com
Sent: Mon, 12 Nov 2012 17:27:01 -0000 (UTC)
Subject: Re: Topband: Outing The Scofflaws...
For illegal power, there is not much you can do unless, as you say, you
are in the shack watching it. For bad operating you can diplomatically
mention to the offender that your heard someone using their call and
using very poor operating techniques (specifics supplied) and that you
figured that they would want to know about it. This avoids the direct
accusation by giving them the benefit of the doubt, but it does send the
message that the observed behavior( regardless of the perpetrator) is
totally unacceptable. I think any person with a conscience will
eventually get the message that they need to clean up their act. For a
person with no conscience, you can hope they find another hobby.
73, Mike W4EF............
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