Re:BridgeCom Systems SkyBridge Hotspot Review
by vvanders on Sunday September 20, 2020 @10:16PM
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Oh yeah, not endorsing law breaking in any way or form, following the laws is very much a think everyone should be doing(for the communal reasons you called out among others).
Gatekeeping is holding up one aspect of the community as more valid than another and I've seen it drive away many people who would be active or interesting members of the hobby(they usually go over to the ISM bands where there isn't any stigma about what is "legitimate" ham radio uses).
I agree with that 99% of the time.
radio-hobbyists are a group of people that need to have some level of gate-keeping so as to prevent the commons from peeing in the pool.
Every time a new practical way of using radio networks has popped up, the numbers of people in conflict or violation of FCC regulations put into place to keep the network usable has skyrocketed.
So, as much as i'm against gate-keeping in a general sense.. letting people enjoy 'what aspects of radio they find interesting.' sits on the back burner for myself when compared to 'let's have a network that everyone can use without stepping on toes.'.
>let people enjoy what aspects of radio they find interesting.
Unless, of course, the person enjoys malicious activities that ruin the spectrums for everyone; then it's absolutely accepted that the person should be reprimanded by whatever governing FCC-like body is in the area, you know, gate-keeping.
All this isn't to say anything about ham/net bridges, it's just to point out that some communities actually do benefit from a level of gate-keeping. Radio is one of them.