Re:FCC opens entire 6 GHz band to low power device operations
by jki275 on Wednesday December 11, 2024 @09:11PM
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That ship sailed long ago. there are tons of satellites that make that completely impossible to control.
Re:FCC opens entire 6 GHz band to low power device operations
by fidotron on Thursday December 12, 2024 @06:45AM
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It will change fast when a non NATO aligned entity attempts to deploy their Starlink.
Re:FCC opens entire 6 GHz band to low power device operations
by brookst on Thursday December 12, 2024 @08:33AM
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You mean like Thousand Sails [1]?
1. https://www.cnbc.com/amp/2024/08/06/china-launches-its-rival...
Re:FCC opens entire 6 GHz band to low power device operations
by tim333 on Thursday December 12, 2024 @08:39AM
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Not as high tech as Starlink - one geostationary satellite - but twenty years ago I was using Thuraya, a Dubai based satellite service, to communicate from Tibet in a way that was not officially allowed by the Chinese but they couldn't do much about unless they searched my luggage for the phone I guess.
Re:FCC opens entire 6 GHz band to low power device operations
by jki275 on Friday December 13, 2024 @07:59PM
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I've used Thuraya in a region of the world not far from there as well. Globalstar, Iridium, Inmarsat were all available at the time as well.
Re:FCC opens entire 6 GHz band to low power device operations
by m4rtink on Thursday December 12, 2024 @11:28AM
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China is deploying one, complete with exploding upper stages shedding debris into long lived orbits. Only strongly worded complaints so far...
Re:FCC opens entire 6 GHz band to low power device operations
by im3w1l on Wednesday December 11, 2024 @08:56PM
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> something that listens to one thing in remote areas, transmits the results via another channel, over a series of hops and then out of the country, would be of great interest to some people.
Is preventing this even possible in todays world?
Re:FCC opens entire 6 GHz band to low power device operations
by fidotron on Thursday December 12, 2024 @06:46AM
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No, but you can at least try to prevent someone being able to hide it in the noise.
Re:FCC opens entire 6 GHz band to low power device operations
by jasonjayr on Thursday December 12, 2024 @02:17PM
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AMSAT-OSCAR_7#Use_by_Polish_an...
The oldest operating satellite (older than the Voyagers) appeared to fail to due a battery issue, but somehow woke up in a mostly-working state soon after. It was noticed by activitsts in Poland, and was used to bounce radio messages out of the country. Since satellite communication is pretty directional, and into the sky, it was difficult-to-impossible to triangulate the source of the signals.
I am so paranoid I think that if the FCC are doing this they are right to, or may at least have a point.
We need to accept the radio spectrum is part of the cyber security profile of the area of the country.
To drop a giant hint, something that listens to one thing in remote areas, transmits the results via another channel, over a series of hops and then out of the country, would be of great interest to some people.
The restrictions are annoying, but my belief is the FCC (and international equivalents) should promote amateur radio licensing by committing to protecting licensed usage in the existing amateur bands, and get more HAMs inside the tent pissing in the outward direction.