RD>> Ivy the same time you see this you should have all three parts of the
 RD>> Jammer Hunting Hints files as well.
 II> Got it!  It's safe on my HD, edited into a single file, and will be
 II> relayed to our local jammer-hunting coordinator (when he gets time to 
et
 II> it).
 It is something I put together after 4 months straight of jamming and crap 
on the local repeaters here.
 It helped to nail one pain in the butt and put fear into several others.
 Now with APRS DF-ing is easier to do with one stationary point and several 
mobiles using the APRS software to nail the twit.
 I'm still playing with the APRS software,but only for the DF part of it for 
now as I do not have a GPS unit yet.
 II> Strange thing happened about a week ago, though.  I happened to be
 II> listening around to out of town repeaters, and I heard someone local
 II> trying to jam a conversation on the OUTPUT of a machine perhaps 40 miles
 II> away.  It obviously wasn't bothering them ome bit, so I switched to
 Sounds like you have a stolen or "found" radio in the hands of a someone who
has no idea of how a repeater really works.
 He/she/it has probably figured that since they can only hear one of the 
people talking so toss a carrier to jam the other person listening.
 Commonly called the cb-mentality.
 II> simplex and said something like, "You aren't bothering them one bit, but
 II> you are sure showing YOUR stupidity.  This is KB9QPM, and you don't have
 II> the GONADS to give YOUR call!"  Amazingly enough, not only did that
 II> jamming attempt stop instantly, but I haven't heard any on the local
 II> machines since then either!  Maybe it was enough of a shock to 
im/her/it
 II> enough to pound a little sense into their thick skull!  I doubt that it
 Probably scared the crap right out of them when they heard someone else on 
their "private" channel talking right at them.
 Several times I've heard yo-yos blabbering away on 10m AM(!) with 
oger-beeps
at 28.045 up to 28.325 and they freak when someone comes on and asks them for 
a callsign.
 They seem to think they are in a "private" frequency area on their radios 
that no-one else has and it scares them when someone DOES show up.
 Same as the clowns who got their hands on 440Mhz business band radios that 
had been modified for amateur use and started a "club" on a 440 simplex freq 
here.
 They got a BIG surprise when someone broke in asking for a callsign after 
they heard a conversation about tearing down some guy's antenna!
 II> cured the problem perminantly, but we can always hope.  Actually, I 
ould
 II> prefer it if the person were known, at least to one honest person, 
because
 II> that would hopefully make them think twice the next time they decided to
 II> start playing again... something like: "I'd like to jam K9ABC talking 
with
 II> K9DEF, but K9XYZ caught me before, and if I do it again I'll be the 
rime
 II> suspect, so maybe I shouldn't do it."
 70 percent of those who jam are -bored $h!tless- with what or whom they 
listen
too,so decide to "spice" things up by trashing a repeater and forcing people
off it. (makes them feel `big' ego wise)
 The leftover 30 percent have an axe to grind with one particular group or 
ne
person and trash the repeater only when their favourite traget is on the air.
( commonly known as: get the local bucket-mouth off the air)
 100 percent of those caught red faced / handed DENY doing the jamming and
may/will attempt to lay the blame on someone else entirely.
 When caught,I call it justice when they are handed a hammer and given a 
choice of scrapping their radio themselves,or having their name blasted over 
the air as the caught jammer.
 They usually scrap the radio...
 And when someone who jams has it happen to them they are INCENSED,OUTRAGED
and demand JUSTICE from anyone and everyone listening in a 150Km radius to go 
out and DO something about it.
 When that happens I call it poetic justice,as they got what they deserved.
--- GoldED 2.42.G1219
---------------