On Mon, 10 May 2004 13:26:08 GMT, "Landshark"
wrote:


"Dave Hall" wrote in message
.. .
On Fri, 07 May 2004 03:39:02 GMT, "Landshark"
wrote:


"Leland C. Scott" wrote in message
...

You forgot about these Lee:

Before the
Federal Communications Commission
Washington, D.C. 20554


Irrelevant. This is a CB newsgroup. The "bad apples" of the ham radio
fraternity have no bearing on what happens here.


Sure it does, Lee posts stuff about cb'rs getting busted,
Jer does, N8 does, WA3MOJ does, so why can all these
people put up things about cb'rs, but I can't post this
about Hams?

That's easy. THIS IS A CB NEWSGROUP. Articles which pertain to CB,
including the publishing of the eventual consequences for thumbing
one's nose at the FCC, are part and parcel of CB operations.

A little one-sided don't you think? Naw,
never mind.

Not at all. If you want to go to the ham newsgroup and remind them
about their bad apples, it would be perfectly appropriate. Why would
you think that enforcement action against hams has a place on a CB
newsgroup?


Besides, two wrongs do not make a right. The fact that there are a
fair percentage of bad hams, does not diminish the seriousness of
illegal CB operation.

Agreed, but the fact that this is a CB newsgroup that a couple of
certain hams (N8WWM, WA3MOJ) are trolling this group and
posting that just to inflame is ok?

So reminding people of the consequences for illegal operation, is
nothing more than "trolling"?

If that is true, then wouldn't the best course of action to take in
this case, would be to ignore those who troll? Trolls want attention.
Responding just gives them what they want.


I think not, anymore than if
someone went onto the Ham groups and posted about Hams being
busted and then making statements that most hams are illegal, I
would think that would make them upset too.

It's not my problem if the truth upsets you. The simple fact is that
most people who operate on CB ARE running illegally to some degree.

Conversely, the percentage of hams who are illegal is much less, but
they have higher visibility, simply because the FCC is more serious
about enforcement on the ham bands, due largely to the fact that the
hams themselves asked for it. Hams, for the most part, want to be rid
of troublemakers. Most hams did not go through the trouble to pass the
test and earn their privileges, only to have to deal with idiots. When
you earn something, you are more likely to want to protect it.

If you want to post ham related enforcement logs on ham newsgroups,
then by all means, go for it. At least they'll be on a relevant
newsgroup.



The original poster was not asking for information about "peaked and
tuned" ham radios.......

OK, so? This is a CB newsgroup. Not a Ham newsgroup.

What does ham have to do with it? Operating modified radios on CB is
illegal. I know such mundane details like FCC rules are a thorn in the
ass of many people's fun, but the point needs to be made.

Dave
"Sandbagger"
http://home.ptd.net/~n3cvj