An interesting question.

Assuming the FAA has the authority to enforce ADSB requirements (an open question post-Chevron), I can’t find any regulation saying non-aircrafts cannot transmit ADSB. Only ones saying aircrafts in certain categories must.

There’s probably some non-interference requirement somewhere (FCC spectrum licensing perhaps), but I’m not seeing it immediately.

All this is in the hypothetical that RF was transmitted, which as others point out it probably wasn’t.

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tjohns 5 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

It would be under the FCC regs, not the FAA regs.

Whatever transmitter you're using would not be type-accepted for operation on the 1080 MHz or 978 MHz band. (47 USC § 301)

Additionally, RF operation with the intent of willful interference is inherently illegal. (47 USC § 333)

	▲	fc417fc802 an hour ago \| parent \| next [-]
		What if you removed a genuine ADS-B unit from a plane and installed it in your vehicle? Also does impersonation necessarily qualify as interference? Naively, I'd expect interference to refer to jamming.
	▲	TimorousBestie 5 hours ago \| parent \| prev [-]
		Excellent, thanks.

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15155 8 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

(Assuming this were actually RF)

This is easily-prosecutable willful interference or possibly aircraft sabotage: ADS-B operates in licensed bands and uses an already highly-contended modulation scheme and transmission protocol.

	▲	esseph 8 hours ago \| parent \| next [-]
		No reason to believe RF when you can just upload whatever data you want
	▲	fragmede 8 hours ago \| parent \| prev [-]
		They'll probably try and make a case of wire fraud and CFAA as the usual go tos if it wasn't in RF.