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I think if the FCC changed the rules around encryption we could get a resurgence in the use of shortwave. There's cool IP stuff you could do, but this rule seve
by user3939382 5y ago
I think if the FCC changed the rules around encryption we could get a resurgence in the use of shortwave. There's cool IP stuff you could do, but this rule severely handicaps it. I totally get why the rule was there, and it still has merit, but the context has changed.
It's really crappy that we have all this spectrum and all of it goes to these multibillion dollar telecoms while the citizens get less than crumbs.
- Johnythree 5y agoFive minutes after encryption was allowed, the SW bands would be saturated in commercial digital services, and would be completely unusable. Just one wide-band digital service would take up most of the SW spectrum, leaving nothing for ships, aircraft, broadcasting, amateur radio, etc. The one thing which keeps the "multibillion dollar telecoms" out of the SW bands in that encryption is not allowed. And how would your "citizens" even be able to listen to the new digital services if they were encrypted? Whatever, these frequency bands are so narrow that it makes wide-band digital services utterly impractical. Needless to say there are a group of trolls who are constantly pushing this idea on behalf of the greedy commercial players.
- user3939382 5y agoWe could have a rule that forbids using encryption or shortwave in general for commercial purposes. I’m mainly contemplating encrypted IP over shortwave though there are other uses.
- Johnythree 5y agoBut if it was encrypted, how would you know if it were legal or not?