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"People are also not allowed to encode their messages to obscure their meaning from law enforcement."

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That's always been the case on amateur radio though.

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Conservatives are about 90 days from being mandated to sew their mouths shut.

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The sad thing is that the HAM community will narc the fuck out of everyone they find, licensed or not, in exchange for their Junior G-Man Badge. They will direction find you, make the call, and sleep like a baby while you get vanned in the middle of the night.

Because they're Doing The Right Thing.

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Lol, they’ve been reading all of our threads!

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We need a Radio Free America.

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The sad thing is that the HAM Arfcom community will narc the fuck out of everyone they find, licensed or not, in exchange for their Junior G-Man Badge. They will direction find you, make the call, and sleep like a baby while you get vanned in the middle of the night.

Because they're Doing The Right Thing.

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Seriously spoke to friends about investing in fax machines, land lines, and radios jic things get really bad. Im glad the USSA feels the need to crack down on old tech since they cant control it.

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Lol, they've been reading all of our threads!

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The HAM radio guys around here are rats / narcs.

I would not trust them with a penny, let alone anything my life depended on ,  They suck onto the governments tit so much its pathetic

I tune my radio in to spy on em all the time and hear them talking about licensing, and how that the FCC needs to make sure only licensed hams can operate a radio
and how big government needs to be so far up their ass they can taste the coffee.

Basically these guys are not our friends,  If  the real  SHTF  then I would hope most of the HAM guys  wreck their cars and crash in a ditch somewhere while trying to set the offset on their radios while driving.

My .02  .  I think all HAM guys are enemies, and they are enemies because they have bought into the government scheme of licensing to use a god given right.
Same with gun owners who pay big  gov for tons of tax stamps.

How about we just say NO to infringements?

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one of the most hilarious things i've ever read on the internet was a guy talking about how he was interested in HAM radios, so he got all the equipment and licensing and so on, only to discover that it was just a bunch of 70+ year old guys spending the entire day talking about the many ailments and illnesses they have and all the medication they're on

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New York (CNN Business)The US government is warning that groups could rely on radio equipment as an alternative to social media to plan future criminal activities.

In a stark warning Sunday, the Federal Communications Commission's enforcement bureau said people coordinating or conducting criminal activity over radio waves are breaking the law.

"The Bureau has become aware of discussions on social media platforms suggesting that certain radio services regulated by the Commission may be an alternative to social media platforms for groups to communicate and coordinate future activities," the FCC said in its warning Sunday. "Individuals using radios in the Amateur or Personal Radio Services in this manner may be subject to severe penalties, including significant fines, seizure of the offending equipment, and, in some cases, criminal prosecution."

The FCC licenses certain signals for people to broadcast over radio waves. Those messages are generally protected by the US Constitution's First Amendment. But the FCC reminded radio licensees and operators that it is prohibited to transmit "communications intended to facilitate a criminal act." People are also not allowed to encode their messages to obscure their meaning from law enforcement.

The laws governing airwaves apply to amateurs broadcasting with personal ham radios, which can reach long distances. But they also apply to people using Citizens Band (CB) radios commonly used for communication between truckers -- or even walkie-talkies.

In the wake of the January 6 Capitol riots, Facebook (FB), Twitter (TWTR) and other mainstream social networks have become more vigilant about policing people who use their platforms to plan or incite attacks. They have booted off several high-profile radicals and thousands of groups and users who the platforms say engage in harmful conspiracy theories and other violence or hate speech.

Similarly, Amazon (AMZN), Apple (AAPL) and Google (GOOGL) effectively took Parler off the internet. Parler, the alternative social network popular with conservatives, had been surging in popularity in recent months. But the platform failed to rein in hate-filled, violent speech, Big Tech companies allege. Amazon, Apple and Google said that unmoderated speech could lead to another violent attack.

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Subjects are not allowed to communicate anymore.

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There isn't that much POTS left.

These days, power goes out and your phone lines aren't that far behind.  If you have fiber internet, your land line is over the same fiber and if the power to your interface box goes out you aren't getting any data in or out.

And even a battery backup box is only going to keep your interface box running 30min-1hr.

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Lol, they’ve been reading all of our threads!

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Next thing they ban is smoke signals. Probably already in the climate change bs they want to pass

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There isn't that much POTS left.

These days, power goes out and your phone lines aren't that far behind.  If you have fiber internet, your land line is over the same fiber and if the power to your interface box goes out you aren't getting any data in or out.

And even a battery backup box is only going to keep your interface box running 30min-1hr.

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I've got a radio here (not Baofeng, more expensive and can't think of the manufacturer at the moment) and would listen to it on my way into work.  Literally is what is described above.  Old men bitching about weather, ailments and school busses.  Every once in awhile there are some guys talk about gear, but thats it.

I have an older brother who live in NM and is really into HAM radio.  He even goes camping and takes his setup with him.  He's into something called the Army MARS system.  Not sure what it is, but he seems to think it's important.

My impression of a lot of these guys is that they would have been volunteer hall monitors in high school.

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NEW - FCC issues an Enforcement Advisory to remind licensees and operators that it is prohibited to use radios to commit or facilitate criminal acts.https://t.co/OAsHlF8fn1 pic.twitter.com/M9D2avtRn0

— Disclose.tv \uD83D\uDEA8 (@disclosetv) January 17, 2021

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Not just electronic ones,  closing bars and churches keeps people from talking with their neighbors.

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Yeah there is one guy on our local HAM who's like that.  some old FUDD, probably thinks guns only need to be a shotgun or a lever action.

But there seems to be this guy in his 30s-40s whos a huge stickler on the rules and is always reminding people to repeat their call sign and adhere to FCC rules and such.
sounds like hes a fed to be honest.  The guy sounds like  hes no fun at parties.

These are the sort of people who get into HAM,   and its pathetic.  They're all neutered, not real men.

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You ever try one of those phones that do not use power and plug directly in to a wall Jack. Power goes out at house phone still works. Cordless phone don't because you need power.

No batteries or electricity needed to work.

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