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?

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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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