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Also illegal. Call FCC.

cookiecaper 10y ago
I filed a complaint with the FCC regarding a suspected jamming device. I'm pretty sure they didn't even read it. They forwarded the complaint to my wireless carrier, who sent a reply saying that the complaint had nothing to do with them and that my original complaint had reported a jammer. The FCC closed the complaint and considers it satisfied.
- Spooky23 10y ago
  In this case, the complaint is unauthorized radio operation.
- droopybuns 10y ago
  This is the gold standard example of the FCC's behavior towards cellular spectrum. They have a very different mission when it comes to HAM spectrum. Cellular spectrum: Grandstand and extract cash from the carriers. Ham spectrum: Antenna-laden vans canvasing neighborhoods for radio pirates. It is despicable.
  - themodelplumber 10y ago
    > Antenna-laden vans canvasing neighborhoods for radio pirates. Got any photos, or links to accounts of these? I did a quick google image search because you think someone would have caught one in the wild by now, but no.
    - gasda 10y ago
      Here is a video of the inside of one. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QIGAOLJh-XE https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QIGAOLJh-XE
      - zodPod 10y ago
        Wow. Well, thanks for that! That's pretty bizarre!
    - droopybuns 10y ago
      I don't! I only have stories from radio pirates.
- massysett 10y ago
  Cool, this is the agency I want to have on the job of regulating the Internet so it is "neutral".
q3k 10y ago
There's ways [1] to set up a rogue BTS / IMSI catcher that is seemingly legal [2] - by using US amateur radio bands (that are used as GSM bands in other parts of the world), not using encryption and spitting out your callsign once in a while. [1] - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xKihq1fClQg https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xKihq1fClQg [2] - You should not take legal advice from strangers on the Internet.
- revelation 10y ago
  Sometimes there are reserved parts of the spectrum for test networks you can get assigned for a limited time, the CCC had a GSM (and some 3G I think) network for many years. Using the 33cm band is a nice trick.

I filed a complaint with the FCC regarding a suspected jamming device. I'm pretty sure they didn't even read it. They forwarded the complaint to my wireless carrier, who sent a reply saying that the complaint had nothing to do with them and that my original complaint had reported a jammer. The FCC closed the complaint and considers it satisfied.

Spooky23 10y ago
In this case, the complaint is unauthorized radio operation.
droopybuns 10y ago
This is the gold standard example of the FCC's behavior towards cellular spectrum. They have a very different mission when it comes to HAM spectrum. Cellular spectrum: Grandstand and extract cash from the carriers. Ham spectrum: Antenna-laden vans canvasing neighborhoods for radio pirates. It is despicable.
- themodelplumber 10y ago
  > Antenna-laden vans canvasing neighborhoods for radio pirates. Got any photos, or links to accounts of these? I did a quick google image search because you think someone would have caught one in the wild by now, but no.
  - gasda 10y ago
    Here is a video of the inside of one. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QIGAOLJh-XE https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QIGAOLJh-XE
    - zodPod 10y ago
      Wow. Well, thanks for that! That's pretty bizarre!
  - droopybuns 10y ago
    I don't! I only have stories from radio pirates.
massysett 10y ago
Cool, this is the agency I want to have on the job of regulating the Internet so it is "neutral".

q3k 10y ago

There's ways [1] to set up a rogue BTS / IMSI catcher that is seemingly legal [2] - by using US amateur radio bands (that are used as GSM bands in other parts of the world), not using encryption and spitting out your callsign once in a while. [1] - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xKihq1fClQg https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xKihq1fClQg [2] - You should not take legal advice from strangers on the Internet.

revelation 10y ago
Sometimes there are reserved parts of the spectrum for test networks you can get assigned for a limited time, the CCC had a GSM (and some 3G I think) network for many years. Using the 33cm band is a nice trick.