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If I didn't see the post I would never think it's illegal. Also the FCC does not exist outside the US so is this relevant elsewhere?
by machinawhite 4y ago
If I didn't see the post I would never think it's illegal. Also the FCC does not exist outside the US so is this relevant elsewhere?
- lelandfe 4y agohttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ignorantia_juris_non_excusat https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ignorantia_juris_non_excusat > the FCC does not exist outside the US so is this relevant elsewhere? Your own country likely has an analogue. Get thee to Google. Ofcom is the UK equivalent, for instance.
- Gordonjcp 4y agoGiven that 5.8GHz WiFi and 5.8GHz weather radar are both licence-exempt services within an ISM band, you literally cannot pay Ofcom to take an interest.
- richardhod 4y agoGiven the level of corruption within the current UK government, I would not necessarily agree with your use of the word literally here. But at least in law and in principle yes.
- Gordonjcp 4y ago[flagged]
- machinawhite 4y ago> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ignorantia_juris_non_excusat https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ignorantia_juris_non_excusat What do I care about some law student latin? I know the analog of the FCC in my country. I have not ever heard about them knocking on anyone's door, ever so that's why I'm asking questions?
- salawat 4y agoIgnorance of the law does not excuse one from breaking. There is no freebie. The world is a bitch in that it is your oyster, right up until you start impacting something everyone else is counting on. In that case, it is not infrequent for one to be made an example of. That law student Latin there is a reminder that in spite of you "not knowing" something, the world still turns, you are expected to do some level of research, and there are people whose job is to just search for violations, and dispense a Notice of Apparent Liability to the perpetrator. Hell, Amateur radio operators run what they call foxhunts when they notice something odd going on, because spectrum misuse impacts everyone.
- machinawhite 4y agoThank you for explaining something that's not very complicated and was not relevant to my question I guess? Just because we have analogous agencies doesn't mean they are a carbon copy of each other and the radio spectrum stuff is not exacty mainstream knowledge.
- avian 4y agoYour country very likely has a government entity that regulates radio spectrum use and has means of enforcing it. Messing with Doppler weather radar is a usually a big thing that impacts various important services. Even in relatively backwater countries you will get someone knocking at your door if you do this.
- machinawhite 4y agoThat makes sense, but I thought I'm messing with my router to have faster WiFi and not with some weather radar that I don't even know exists
- kube-system 4y agoThis is why spectrum in many countries requires users and/or devices to be licensed.
- mcpherrinm 4y agoThe DFS checks exist to prevent your radio from interfering with the weather radar. You’re only allowed to own a radio that could cause such interference because it has those checks. Here’s an example of what it can look like on the weather radar side: https://www.reddit.com/r/techsupportgore/comments/lnxdji/when_5ghz_interferes_with_doppler_radar/ https://www.reddit.com/r/techsupportgore/comments/lnxdji/whe...
- machinawhite 4y agoIs this from a consumer WiFi or from some bigger antenna?