Topband: Outing The Scofflaws...

[Gary K9GS]

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...........................
>
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> 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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73,

Gary K9GS

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