| ▲ | RobotToaster 4 hours ago |
| 1w seems a little limited? A cheap baofeng is 8w. |
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| ▲ | lormayna 4 hours ago | parent | next [-] |
| Only on the paper, the real power is around 3/3.5W |
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| ▲ | Kaliboy 3 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-] |
| Those cheap baofeng's are illegal to use where I live on most of the spectrum they can operate on. Illegal to press the talk button anyway. So maybe the 1w is also a regulatory issue. |
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| ▲ | asdff 2 hours ago | parent [-] | | How does the FCC enforce this sort of thing? Are they listening in to certain frequencies nationally with the ability to triangulate a handheld down to actually identifying someone? | | |
| ▲ | fodmap 2 hours ago | parent | next [-] | | Most of the time they get a complaint, and they investigate. https://www.fcc.gov/reports-research/guides/fcc-enforcement-... | | |
| ▲ | asdff an hour ago | parent [-] | | Wow, you mail them the complaint? No reason to worry about accidentally hitting the talk button I guess. Probably nothing happening unless you spam the frequency for weeks I'd guess. |
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| ▲ | martheen 2 hours ago | parent | prev [-] | | Someone complained, they send someone to check and triangulate, verify that the operator doesn't have the license, then issue a warning or fine. | | |
| ▲ | asdff an hour ago | parent | next [-] | | I wonder how close they can triangulate? I'd guess they are SOL if I am in an apartment building with 200 other units. | |
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| ▲ | takipsizad 3 hours ago | parent | prev [-] |
| 1w is usually okay and using 8w from a phone is probably way too much power demand |
