Topband: Outing The Scofflaws...

[Michael Tope]

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 at comcast.net wrote:
> Michael,
>
> Good advice. Remember to contact the potential offender off-list.
>
> Mike N2MS
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Michael Tope <W4EF at dellroy.com>
> To: topband at 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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