What do you mean by 'bad' receivers?

Spectrum management, irrespective of country, sets the parameters of every radiocommunication service by notional equipment standards - here that would be the typical intermodulation figures for radar receivers, inter alia.

The FCC and ITU through WARC/WRC - World Radiocommunication Conferences would have been aware of notional equipment standards for radar altimeters at the time the spectrum was allocated (equipment must comply with the standard or it be deemed out of spec - non compliant).

Note: adjacent services must consider interference to their adjacent services, etc. The standards associated with any service can only be deemed old or 'changed' at WRC conferences specifically to avoid the situation we now have here. The real question is 'who fucked up' - i.e.: did not abide by WRC rules (the international treaty/agreement obligations).

Remember, here international rules are paramount BECAUSE aircraft licensed in other countries that land on US territory also have to meet the same international standards for their radar altimeters as those of the US fleet - it has nothing to do with receivers being 'bad').

FYI: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_Radiocommunication_Con.... Note: the ITU deems that the FCC IS responsible for radio regulations within the USA.

Ah, yes. The best thing you can have is tribal mentality in your government departments. Where instead of cooperating to sort problems out you just say "fuck everyone else" and press onward.