The democratization of radio

Posted Jan 30, 2015 8:29 UTC (Fri) by Wol (subscriber, #4433)
In reply to: The democratization of radio by kleptog
Parent article: The democratization of radio

Releasing frequencies where propagation is measured in metres isn't a problem. Of course, the problem is using those frequencies - one such is heavily absorbed by oxygen so 30m is achievable, and carrying capacity is high, but that's actually not very far.

As for radio-astronomy, one advantage the astronomers do have, is that it is extremely easy for them to give the cops the addresses of every single unlicenced garage remote contol opener in town, but I can't imagine the police being that interested in going round enforcing it :-(

Cheers,
Wol

The democratization of radio

Posted Feb 6, 2015 17:23 UTC (Fri) by jdulaney (subscriber, #83672) [Link] (1 responses)

No, they'd rather find the dude smoking pot in his living room so they can take everything he owns.

The democratization of radio

Posted Feb 6, 2015 20:32 UTC (Fri) by dlang (guest, #313) [Link]

If you do manage to get the FCC interested, I've heard stories of them taking everything that you own that transmits (or could be used to transmit) RF (which basically ends up being anything with electronics, including your microwave)