Re:Decoding James Webb Space Telescope
by monocasa on Monday December 27, 2021 @02:57PM
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Same as anything in amateur radio. There'll be a lot of hints at what you're doing from the shape of your broadcasts, and there's a lot of amateur radio enthusiasts that'll call the feds on you if they get a hint that you aren't following the rules.
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radio enthusiasts are fans of the fed?
They're generally very into enforcing the FCC rules, and calling the feds is one mechanism for doing that.
Re:Decoding James Webb Space Telescope
by 8bitsrule on Tuesday December 28, 2021 @02:56AM
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Here's an ARRL article from 11-2016 (re the shutdown of 11 FCC field stations) which details plans and motivations.
https://www.arrl.org/news/fcc-special-counsel-laura-smith-sa...
In a more recent post (which includes good suggestions for experimenters):
> The ham bands aren’t full of whacked-out haters looking to get rid of everybody else, but hams are very accustomed to people using the bands without a license or not following the band plans, causing interference problems.
https://thesilicongraybeard.blogspot.com/2020/09/a-ham-radio...
Usually the 'self-policing' by hams (it's usually very effective) is done gently. They get that the frequencies are free of $$cost, and don't want to lose (any more of) them.