It's also a generational thing. There's a lot of geriatric sad hams who's only enjoyment in life is playing radio police.

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xattt 4 hours ago | parent [-]

To be fair, HAMs are typically empowered by actual telecommunications agencies with legislative authority to enter premises and what have you to resolve issues, whereas script kiddies just make up their own shit.

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cadr 3 hours ago | parent | next [-]

In what country? I'm only familiar with rules in the US, and it isn't the case here.

	▲	kstrauser 2 hours ago \| parent [-]
		I parsed that as: > HAMs are typically empowered [in their rule-following] by actual telecommunications agencies [who have] legislative authority to enter premises and what have you to resolve issues That is, hams (not "HAMs") feel empowered to advise others to obey the law, because they have to work with government agencies who can make life unpleasant for those who don't. It's not "hams [have] legislative authority". Maybe I'm wrong, but that's how I read it.

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walrus01 3 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

> To be fair, HAMs are typically empowered by actual telecommunications agencies with legislative authority to enter premises and what have you to resolve issues

Citation, please?

I'd really like to see a documented example of some HAM entering somebody else's premises on, what, a self-appointed search warrant to hunt down a transmitter they deem illegitimate? In the USA that seems like a good way to get shot by a homeowner.

	▲	TedDoesntTalk an hour ago \| parent [-]
		...and arrested for breaking and entering.