NPR: New Packet Radio

Re:NPR: New Packet Radio by gonzoflip on Monday March 25, 2019 @03:19PM (#19485830)

I mean, the FCC does not really have a track record of enforcing violations. You could probably do whatever you want, until some hams fox hunt you and tell Uncle Sugar you are breaking the rules. Even then, the FCC is likely to only give you a warning rather than a punishment.

That being said these bands are out there for the public to use, the government has set aside a pretty decent portion of the available usable frequencies for use of the public. In my opinion is just in poor taste to not follow the rules here.

In these days when you can get a Baofeng HT for $25, there are already all sorts of unlicensed people stomping all over others just to be jerks.

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Re:NPR: New Packet Radio by saul_goodman on Monday March 25, 2019 @05:51PM (#19487061)

I listen to folks DXing on CB across the continental US all the time. Not long ago I heard someone in Puerto Rico make a contact in Canada. On a band supposedly limited to 4 Watts. The FCC doesn't care unless there's a complaint, and even then there's definitely a dollar amount attached to an enforcement action. They don't roll huff-duff wagons on a whim. Everyone should watch THX1138.

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Re:NPR: New Packet Radio by gonzoflip on Monday March 25, 2019 @06:22PM (#19487285)

Hams willfully ignore everything 11 meter

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