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If you'd like a good demonstration of how a jamming device could be found, simply buy a high-power 10 meter radio transciever and set it up to constantly transmit music at 28.400 MHz. You'll effectively monopolize the frequency over a large distance, and within a very short period of time the FCC will arrive to demonstrate their RF tracking techniques.

And to levy a huge fine. Do not do this.



The FCC won't care, but a bunch of angry HAMs will be riding their rascal scooters around your neighborhood with directional antennas.

Calling channels are defined by the ARRL, not the FCC.


The FCC will care if you are transmitting without a license, broadcasting (rather than performing 2-way communications), and sending music--all three of these are violations of FCC regulations. Once they determine that it's an ongoing disruption, they will come out with a direction-finding rig, as they have in the past for "pirate" operators causing disruption.

Oh, and HAM is not an acronym, it's just ham.




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