"Mediaguy500" wrote:

And I never saw that shortwave radio again.
And it was a good shortwave radio that
picked up good for that time.

A post in the scanner radio newsgroup
reminded me of that happening to me years
ago.

I now think that those Canadian Border
Patrol Agents purposely stole my shortwave
radio. But then, why steal a cheap radio?


Sounds to me like some border agents forgot to bring a radio to work that
day. Perhaps wanting to hear some music or a local sports event, they
decided to "borrow" one from a passing motorist. This type of stuff is
certainly not new, or unique to Canada.


Dwight Stewart (W5NET)

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"Dwight Stewart" wrote in message
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"Mediaguy500" wrote:

And I never saw that shortwave radio again.
And it was a good shortwave radio that
picked up good for that time.

I now think that those Canadian Border
Patrol Agents purposely stole my shortwave
radio. But then, why steal a cheap radio?


Sounds to me like some border agents forgot to bring a radio to work
that
day. Perhaps wanting to hear some music or a local sports event, they
decided to "borrow" one from a passing motorist. This type of stuff is
certainly not new, or unique to Canada.


I would have expected better from Canadians. I always knew them to be a
virtuous people. That's the kind of stunt third world customs agents would
pull.

Clark KK7DY

I would have expected better from Canadians. I always knew them to be a
virtuous people.

well, actually, I think they weren't Canadian at all. I think they were from
the U.S. here, but they claimed to be Canadian Border Patrol Guards and
Canadian custom agents, and they did somehow get inside the booths near the
border crossing.

But evidence since then suggests that they weren't really the Canadian guards
that they claimed to be. Evidence since then suggest that they were certain
hams from right here in the U.S. (just a few of them).

However, I wasn't able to get any "hard evidence".

By "soft evidence", I mean evidence to me that they weren't really who they
claimed to be.

By "hard evidence", I mean evidence to be able to prove to other people that
they weren't really who they said they were.

even if I am using the terms "soft evidence" and "hard evidence" in incorrect
ways.

Without hard evidence that they weren't realy Canadian like they said they
were, I posted as they claimed that they were.

"Clark Neider" wrote:

I would have expected better from
Canadians. I always knew them to
be a virtuous people. That's the kind
of stunt third world customs agents
would pull.


From what I've seen, most Canadians are. But, of course, there are always
exceptions. Anyway, if you've read the messages from "Mediaguy500" since
then, you'll likely agree the entire story was probably false.


Dwight Stewart (W5NET)

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