On Monday, Mar 31, 2003, at 02:33 Europe/London, chuty001 wrote: > From personal experience I can tell you these frequencies are quite
regulated and monitored. You must have a licence to boot. A moderately
beefed up CB can effectively overpower radio and cause extreme interference
to television over an entire city if broadcast from the right place. This I
also know from personal experience. Though very easy to trace where it's
coming from a matter of minutes and they're at your door.
I said "effectively" unregulated for a reason... while the FCC regulates use of frequency spectra like this, the fact is that a very large no. of people are now licensed to use it. That makes turning round and denying people access to what is a shared, all-pervasive, and effectively ubiquitous communication medium effectively impossible.
I know a bit about the radio side of thing, but am no expert - not claiming to be - I'm a wireless networking junkie, not a ham/CB radio junkie :)
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