@xssfox @SnoopJ @pjf In #Germany @BNetzA ain't gonna do anything unless someone actually violates #SpectrumRegulations and gets caught.

• They do seize interference-causing hardware tho and do issue hefty fines, so people here rarely violate regulations (aside from the common idiots that run their wifi on illegal bands outdoors, but that's again people refusing to follow the warnings in the manual...

#NotLegalAdvice OFC - Obey the spectrum allocations!

@landley yeah, the #FCC seems to not.give shite unless one violates #SpectrumRegulations to the point they get serious complaints...

@lowpass well, that's the beauty of #SpectrumRegulations and #SpectrumEnforcement:

• Good regulators will go after illegally powerful transmitters just as they do with any other #SpectrumViolation...

Also CB can get good range out of COTS transcievers ( 80 km easy out of a simple station antenna - 20 km out of a good mobile handset), it is a cheap "long-range" solution given the lack of need for licensing.

• OFC unlike #HamRadio there are way higher chances of abusive behaviour in theory but in return it allows for interesting setups that have way lower electromagnetic footprint, like recieve-only DIY pagers running off cheap #RTLSDR chipsets (#RTL2832U + #R820T-2) that barely consume power...

But then again it depends on whether or not one values analog radio capabilities or not, and whether or not.one trusts users to setup stuff properly.

• #LoRa makes it easy by virtue of being a "transparent" solution to the user at the cost of flexibility.

• #SDR transcievers like the #YardStickOne and can be really powerful, the latter one propably even be used for #SCPC over SAT with a proper #BUC & Voltage applied to that (don't forget the power-blocker at the HackRF's input/output ports (!!!), but if someone wants to have a Sub-€100 setup for transmission ans Sub-€50 for recieval, there ain't many as flexible as #AFSK'ing over CB Radio even at the expense of efficiency.

• Also one doesn't end up with a ton of basically "unsalvageable" #eWaste if one gives up on said project or has to scrap it for whatever reason, and #reusing is always better than buying new if feasible...

#FriendlyReminder to obey #SpectrumRegulations with your #LoRa devices...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=40llxjrIG3w

Cuz @BNetzA will give you an expensive "#bonk" if you use 902-928MHz / 915 MHz band equipment in #Germany...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ISM_radio_band

@Astromeg I hope @BNetzA enforces the #Effelsberg #SpectrumRegulations against #Starlink under threat of revoking their #Telco license!

@E_Nonymouse @tedivm at leadt from what I know.

OFC that's #NotLegalAdvice and you should.always adhere to the #SpectrumRegulations of your juristiction...