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tl;dr : How to turn a local or state crime into a federal one. It isn't particularly shocking that this is a statute. I wonder if ham radio was used in the cap
by unethical_ban 6y ago
tl;dr : How to turn a local or state crime into a federal one.
It isn't particularly shocking that this is a statute. I wonder if ham radio was used in the capitol riot.
- chociej 6y agoI thought I read on Twitter a few days ago that it almost certainly was. Someone also linked to an article that I now can't find about extremists setting up an IP link on the amateur bands. All I could think was the instant they initiate a TLS session they've committed a federal crime.
- clint 6y agoI've personally seen a couple photographs of insurrectionists with what looked like Baofeng (ironic?) style radios with police-style handsets that groups were using to coordinate at some level.
- balozi 6y agoWhat exactly is a "police-style handset"? Definitions are important because soon we'll have journalist breathlessly writing about people arrested with police-style communication gear, military-style radios, and assault radios.
- mikey_p 6y agoEven if amateur radio bands weren't, the announcement also includes FRS and GMRS which are very common and almost certainly used in the attack on the Capitol
- pnw_hazor 6y agoAll 2-way walkie-talkie type radios are covered by the FCC.