[BC] Iowa Pirate

[WFIFeng@aol.com]

In a message dated 08/11/2006 1:36:06 PM Eastern Daylight Time, 
ranchorobbo at hotmail.com writes:

> there was a ham in the L.A. area, who kept tying up vhf fm repeaters with 
>  jamming, profanity etc. -- he got fines which he simply ignored. Last year 
>  fcc finally had to show up with u.s. marshalls who locked him up.  that 
was 
>  what it took to get him off the air but the process took a few years.
>  

Then there was the guy who plagued WFIF ... for *years*! On random days when 
we'd sign-off, he'd be there either with derrogatory & personal insults 
directed at staff and/or programming, or he'd play clips of Howard, or other 
unsavory stuff. This "cat and mouse" game went on for about 5 years. We recorded 
everything, submitted all kinds of documents, (including his street address, ham 
callsign, etc.) etc. What it finally came down to, was a civil lawsuit against 
him. That finally silenced him after we won. (He kept doing it during the 
lawsuit, only never again in his own voice, it was usually just the same tape of 
Howard.) What a nightmare, though. We ended up funding our attorney's new 
house. :/

Willie...