I've been dealing with idiot truckers
bootlegging on 10m since the 80's. Many bootleg in the cw section of
the band and stand out quite noticeably.

Oh I've heard em. I used to crank up my henry console
when they started that mess with me. A KW+ on 10m will
brown the food. I'd make their bootlegging as painful as
possible for them. All they would hear is "WHUMP_WHUMP_WHUMP"
if on AM. On SSB, of course they would hear the tone, but it
would still be difficult for them to carry on. I'm such a radio bully.
:/
I guess they did kinda start out in the late 80's now that I think
about it. Time flies so fast, that almost seems like yesterday
sometimes... I used to work lots of CW on 10m, and I had little mercy
for any CBers that thought they should share the freq with me.
I could hurt them lots worse than they hurt me, being I was
receiving CW with tighter filters.. I never used the amp for normal
use on 10m...Overkill...But I'd fire it up for them just to give them a
good toasting. I'd almost always be able to run em off the freq.
MK