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You can listen to, and record any open, in-the-clear radio transmissions you would like, (except cellular phone and encrypted comms) and you may forward the recordings along with other documentation as evidence of violations to authorities. If you are a repeater owner or trustee, then record away, it is your system to control. ...and keep very good logs and notes, including time and date of alleged violations, and any triangulation or location info you have. Make sure you have facts. Just saying "I think Billy is kerchunking my machine." will get you no where. Also... one thing I have done on one my Ham machines to eliminate kerchunkers is to have ZERO hang time, and no "courtesy tone" or "Roger Beep". The repeater works, but if they chunk-chunk-chunk it and don't hear the "tail", they assume it isn't working, or that they do not have the correct tone, and they leave. If they key up and ID themselves, then I will answer. I inform them about the machine having no hang time, and no beeps and boops. I tell them it is like a "religious" repeater: they just need to have faith that it is working.