wrote:

Well, It seems that most of the Hams are of the same mindset as the
average american public,"Whats in it for me",,Who cares..So ,it`s
illegal ,so what, ...Let me try to explain my position,, I worked hard
to get my license,60 tears ago, I have been able to use it to
contribute a small bit to society,to disaster communications, ,civil
defense,public service like phone patchs for American service men in
far away places etc,etc...The federal government does not OWE me a
license OR frequencies to operate on..At this point in time, with all
the sattelite and worldwide communications systems that we have in use
today, WHAT DOES HAM RADIO HAVE TO OFFER THAT THE WORLD NEEDS??
NOTHING,NOTHING...How long will we be able to abuse the system and go
un-noticed? If these bootleggers are allowed to mix their Illegal
junk in with bonafied ham radio , where is it all headed? look
around,You don`t see this.. ,FOR SALE: CB amplifier runs1000 watts on
citizens band,no license needed.You do see this.. HAM AMPLIFIER ,,ON
TEN METERS , runs 1000 watts output with 2 watts input...Maybe you
get it,maybe you don1t,,,who cares ,,,,my last post on the
subject ...W4PQW


Rspectfully, what are you doing about it?


If it is an illegal amplifier, you can email Ebay and the F.C.C. with
the same email.

Here's a start:

http://www.fcc.gov/contacts.html

I suspect that if both places get the same message then Ebay might just
be more interested in setting things right. I've seen them take plenty
of Amplifier Ad's down, to the point where some legitimate amps are
delisted. IIRC an older SB-200 that would work on 10 meters as-built.

Anyhow, what are you going to do, just tell us how Hams are so awful
today, (to which I most respectfully and vehemently disagree) or turn em
in? A thought... Just complaining to a newsgroup and doing nothing is
the functional equivalent of accepting it and doing nothing

There are bad guys out there. It is our job to root 'em out.

- 73 de Mike N3LI -