ROFL! Name three of those extremely grouchy, old, mostly retired, very SMART men who'll take the time and incur their own expense to track someone down.
Go ahead. I'll wait.
There is a huge difference between tracking down someone with a CB (easy enough to do) vs. a Ham with VHF/UHF/HF capabilities. I know this because I'm a Ham.
Absent tracking stations that can triangulate into a general area, it's an extremely difficult task -- especially for HF. Skywave is so different from groundwave it'd take me all day to explain it.
I can be S9+40 into Italy on 40m while a friend less than 20 miles away cannot hear me.
I can be Full Quieting/Full Scale on 2m FM all the way up to Milwaukee, more than 120 miles from my home on any given day making it equally as difficult to find me. And then just like that *POOF* I'm off the air and undetectable.
Those extremely grouchy, old, mostly retired, very SMART men ... all amateur licensees would rather change frequency to continue their ragchew than hunt anyone down.
Only IDIOTS stay on frequency wasting their time yelling and screaming at someone to "shut up" or "get off the air" much to the abuser's amusement.
I’ve obviously tweaked or “triggered” you with my comments. Sorry about that. I have little to no control over how you react. IF you’re a HAM, then you should be at least aware of the FCC’s VMP... Volunteer Monitor Program. Since you’re a HAM, I’m sure you’ll have no problem looking into it.