And there's another myth - that 'being liberal' means having an open mind. The not-so-subtle implication of that statment is that you must also believe that anyone who is not 'liberal' does not have an open mind.
1) A clear purpose 2) What means are to be employed to achieve that purpose 3) A list of criteria can be independently evaluated to see if it was a success 4) A timeline for evaluating those criteria and repealing the law if it was not successful
I realize this won't work in all cases, but it should help in most.
Unbelievable. I can't even begin to understand how you can possibly get anything you said from the regs.
There is no mechanism to license an illegal activity.
You missed this part of your quote "..except under and in accordance with [the Communications] Actand with a license...". Your operation must be in full compliance will ALL the provisions of the act as well as be licensed.
it doesn't flat-out say they're illegal. It just says they're illegal if they don't comply with the regulations. They are not legal to "manufacture, import, sell, offer for sale, or ship... or use" because they CANNOT comply with the regulations. That sounds pretty illegal to me.
1) Jammers are not eligible for certification because their primary purpose is jamming and cannot by design meet emission standards 2) Radio equipment that is not certified may not be imported, sold or used 3) All radio transmitters (a cell phone is most certainly a station) must be authorized or licensed.
In case you missed it, 47 USC 333 is part of the United States Code, you know, federal law? Title 47 CFR is also in play here, of course.
If Section 333 were to be taken literally, it would be illegal for people to build metal-sided buildings because that would be "willfully" blocking signals.
I don't know if it's true but I heard of a case where a cell tower was required to be taken down when it was determined to be obstructing a point-to-point microwave link, so there is some precedent for protecting narrow RF paths.
... I don't think it's technically illegal to blast radio waves around inside your house as long as 1) none leak out, and 2) they aren't physically dangerous (enough energy to heat stuff).
1) The FCC would beg to differ, I think, since there's no effective way to prevent ALL leakage; and 2) Why should that matter if the other FCC rules don't apply? (The FCC has rules on RF exposure).
It's never been illegal for an individual* to make things that emit RF, they just have to comply with all the regs. The allowed emission levels are very low, but not zero.
*There are additional limits placed on people who make items for sale or more than a few/year.
I had a can of Jerk Vienna sausages confiscated because they were canned in Jamaica. I'm still upset about that. Now when I go to the Caribbean I make sure to bring back a few cans in my belly in protest.:-)
Interestingly, the FCC is not the primary authority for federal use of the radio spectrum - the OSM is (part of NTIA). Use of the stingrays under the aegis of the federal government is not regulated by the FCC. This handy-dandy wall chart shows what spectrum is used by whom and for what (unless it's classified).
Here's another data point - in the design of mesh dish antennas, the rule of thumb is that the mesh gap has to be smaller than about 1/10 wavelength to be an effective reflector (i.e. not let RF thru the mesh and instead reflect it).
I am pretty sure you can apply to the FCC to [operate a jammer].
You are absolutely incorrect.
You cannot get a permit to break federal law. Operating any equipment in a manner that "... willfully or maliciously interfere[s] with or cause[s] interference to any radio communications of any station licensed or authorized by or under this Act or operated by the United States Government" violates Section 333 of the Communications Act of 1934. They cannot even be imported, much less certified for sale in the US unless they're sold exclusively to the US government. Please read the NAL, particularly section IIIA and related footnotes. They lay out in very clear terms why they're illegal and would never be legally imported or sold, let alone licensed.
RF doesn't work that way. Either the jamming is confined to his property or it's not. If it is, it can't interfere with receivers not on his property by definition. RF does not (generally) 'mix' in free space. If it did, radio as we know it wouldn't work.
There are cases where RF is used in industry in machines that generate and use RF but are not intentional radiators themselves. Another example is your household microwave oven. There are also cases of businesses whose business is designing and testing new (and therefore unlicensed/unapproved) devices. The FCC is ok with that as long as the RF that leaves the facility is within the regs. This usually means a shielded room or building. If you want to expand this concept, I suppose you could run a jammer inside an RF tight building and get it ok'ed by the FCC. I'm not sure how they'd react to a giant tinfoil bubble around the whole of your property, however.:-)
... one may wish to prevent people from using a ham radio, CB, etc on their property and actively seek to block it. Should they be allowed to do so? Should they be allowed the right to prohibit radio communication from their property?
You use the word "on your property" - do you mean that the signal originates from on your property, or that the signal traverses your property?
In short, shielding is 100% legal. Jamming is 100% illegal. You have the right to eject anyone from your property for possessing or using a radio on your property (just as you have the right to eject them for any other reason at all), and you can wrap your house in tinfoil to block the alien control signals. What you cannot do, however, is (1) transmit any unauthorized or unlicensed signal and (2) transmit any signal that "willfully or maliciously interfere[s] with or cause[s] interference to any radio communications of any station licensed or authorized by or under this Act or operated by the United States Government." You cannot guarantee that you jamming signal does not leave your premises, and don't forget that 'up' counts, too (satellites). Besides, if your goal is to not have RF on your property, transmitting a jamming signal seems counterproductive.
BTW, rights are not 'allowed', rights exist as a matter of natural law and are recognized and protected, not 'allowed' or 'granted'.
Some current CFL's do it just fine on the amateur radio bands. Admittedly it seems that it's gotten better lately, but I remember some early ones that were so noisy RF-wise I could just about hear them in my fillings.
I agree with all your points, but let's not forget the citizen/slaves of NK. Your statement "I feel empathy for people I don't personally know, and see it as a great tragedy when life is needlessly lost" applies to them, too.
I would love to see a surgical removal of the head of the snake that keeps them enslaved, but the political and economic realities may prevent that.
1) South Korea and China don't want 24.5 million refugees pouring across their border 2) China would rather not have South Korea take control of NK resulting in a strong western ally on their border 3) Whoever does take responsibility for them is committing to a multi-billion (possibly trillion) dollar investment to just bring them into the last century wrt standard of living, much less get them to a point of self-sufficiency and where they can contribute back to the world economy.
I hope that China has finally had enough of NK's foolishness and is willing to let the rest of the world intervene in the lives of the NK citizenry.
3000 miles along the great circle path puts a warhead short of Anchorage, Alaska. Honolulu is 4600 miles. Here is an equidistant azimuthal projection centered on Pyongyang. The first yellow distance ring is 4000 km, the second is 8000 km. Assuming their missle range is 3000mi/4825 km, they can only reach the distant Aleutian Islands. I wouldn't be the least bit worried of you're not within the 4000km ring.
North Korea is saying they are going to pre-emptively strike the USA with nuclear weapons. Why aren't we all building/hiding in bomb shelters right now?
Because their 'attack the US' map has the ICBMs not taking great-circle routes. Some NK PR flunky hacked that map together with a Mercator projection and a ruler. Here is the GC route from Pyongyang to Austin, TX, one of the cities supposedly on the list.
The taxes thing is oft repeated and silly as could be.
Be careful what and whom you call silly. States and localities tax much more than income. Virginia has personal property and real estate taxes - even if I own my home outright and eat food I grow myself and never touch a USD, I still must pay my real estate tax in USD.
Sea state 50??? From that chart sea state 50 would extrapolate to 52,359,324,110 ft waves! [From that table it looks like wave height is approx 1.63825 ^ n] That's 40% of the distance to Venus!
The last time I researched this (admittedly some time ago) they did send the pump laser signal down the fiber like this. There were two choices - send the pump signal down the same fiber as the signal, or down a different fiber that was physically joined/merged with the signal cables(s). It looks like that didn't work out, since Wikipedia agrees with you: Repeaters are powered by a constant direct current passed down the conductor near the center of the cable...
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And liberal amounts of my money to give to people (who can't be bothered to work for themselves) so they'll vote liberal.
being liberal (ie. having an open mind)
And there's another myth - that 'being liberal' means having an open mind. The not-so-subtle implication of that statment is that you must also believe that anyone who is not 'liberal' does not have an open mind.
All laws must consist of the following:
1) A clear purpose
2) What means are to be employed to achieve that purpose
3) A list of criteria can be independently evaluated to see if it was a success
4) A timeline for evaluating those criteria and repealing the law if it was not successful
I realize this won't work in all cases, but it should help in most.
... within months he thought we were old friends
Nothing gets the point across like a surprise evisceration.
I guess you just strip and re-coat every 3-5 years.
Never paint in the nude.
Unbelievable. I can't even begin to understand how you can possibly get anything you said from the regs.
There is no mechanism to license an illegal activity.
You missed this part of your quote "..except under and in accordance with [the Communications] Act and with a license ...". Your operation must be in full compliance will ALL the provisions of the act as well as be licensed.
it doesn't flat-out say they're illegal. It just says they're illegal if they don't comply with the regulations. ... or use" because they CANNOT comply with the regulations. That sounds pretty illegal to me.
They are not legal to "manufacture, import, sell, offer for sale, or ship
1) Jammers are not eligible for certification because their primary purpose is jamming and cannot by design meet emission standards
2) Radio equipment that is not certified may not be imported, sold or used
3) All radio transmitters (a cell phone is most certainly a station) must be authorized or licensed.
In case you missed it, 47 USC 333 is part of the United States Code, you know, federal law? Title 47 CFR is also in play here, of course.
If Section 333 were to be taken literally, it would be illegal for people to build metal-sided buildings because that would be "willfully" blocking signals.
It says "interfere with or cause interference", not "block" - interference is caused by an interfering radiated signal, NOT structures. http://www.fcc.gov/guides/interference-defining-source http://www.ieeeusa.org/policy/whitepapers/IEEEUSAWP-HarmfulInterference0712.pdf
I don't know if it's true but I heard of a case where a cell tower was required to be taken down when it was determined to be obstructing a point-to-point microwave link, so there is some precedent for protecting narrow RF paths.
... I don't think it's technically illegal to blast radio waves around inside your house as long as 1) none leak out, and 2) they aren't physically dangerous (enough energy to heat stuff).
1) The FCC would beg to differ, I think, since there's no effective way to prevent ALL leakage; and 2) Why should that matter if the other FCC rules don't apply? (The FCC has rules on RF exposure).
It's never been illegal for an individual* to make things that emit RF, they just have to comply with all the regs. The allowed emission levels are very low, but not zero.
*There are additional limits placed on people who make items for sale or more than a few/year.
I had a can of Jerk Vienna sausages confiscated because they were canned in Jamaica. I'm still upset about that. Now when I go to the Caribbean I make sure to bring back a few cans in my belly in protest. :-)
That's To Serve Man.
Interestingly, the FCC is not the primary authority for federal use of the radio spectrum - the OSM is (part of NTIA). Use of the stingrays under the aegis of the federal government is not regulated by the FCC. This handy-dandy wall chart shows what spectrum is used by whom and for what (unless it's classified).
Here's another data point - in the design of mesh dish antennas, the rule of thumb is that the mesh gap has to be smaller than about 1/10 wavelength to be an effective reflector (i.e. not let RF thru the mesh and instead reflect it).
The hole might not be the issue. It could easily be that the signal is being conducted on the power cord that traverses the hole.
I am pretty sure you can apply to the FCC to [operate a jammer].
You are absolutely incorrect.
You cannot get a permit to break federal law. Operating any equipment in a manner that "... willfully or maliciously interfere[s] with or cause[s] interference to any radio communications of any station licensed or authorized by or under this Act or operated by the United States Government" violates Section 333 of the Communications Act of 1934. They cannot even be imported, much less certified for sale in the US unless they're sold exclusively to the US government. Please read the NAL, particularly section IIIA and related footnotes. They lay out in very clear terms why they're illegal and would never be legally imported or sold, let alone licensed.
RF doesn't work that way. Either the jamming is confined to his property or it's not. If it is, it can't interfere with receivers not on his property by definition. RF does not (generally) 'mix' in free space. If it did, radio as we know it wouldn't work.
[I commented on the original post previously]
There are cases where RF is used in industry in machines that generate and use RF but are not intentional radiators themselves. Another example is your household microwave oven. There are also cases of businesses whose business is designing and testing new (and therefore unlicensed/unapproved) devices. The FCC is ok with that as long as the RF that leaves the facility is within the regs. This usually means a shielded room or building. If you want to expand this concept, I suppose you could run a jammer inside an RF tight building and get it ok'ed by the FCC. I'm not sure how they'd react to a giant tinfoil bubble around the whole of your property, however. :-)
... one may wish to prevent people from using a ham radio, CB, etc on their property and actively seek to block it. Should they be allowed to do so? Should they be allowed the right to prohibit radio communication from their property?
You use the word "on your property" - do you mean that the signal originates from on your property, or that the signal traverses your property?
In short, shielding is 100% legal. Jamming is 100% illegal. You have the right to eject anyone from your property for possessing or using a radio on your property (just as you have the right to eject them for any other reason at all), and you can wrap your house in tinfoil to block the alien control signals. What you cannot do, however, is (1) transmit any unauthorized or unlicensed signal and (2) transmit any signal that "willfully or maliciously interfere[s] with or cause[s] interference to any radio communications of any station licensed or authorized by or under this Act or operated by the United States Government." You cannot guarantee that you jamming signal does not leave your premises, and don't forget that 'up' counts, too (satellites). Besides, if your goal is to not have RF on your property, transmitting a jamming signal seems counterproductive.
BTW, rights are not 'allowed', rights exist as a matter of natural law and are recognized and protected, not 'allowed' or 'granted'.
Some current CFL's do it just fine on the amateur radio bands. Admittedly it seems that it's gotten better lately, but I remember some early ones that were so noisy RF-wise I could just about hear them in my fillings.
I agree with all your points, but let's not forget the citizen/slaves of NK. Your statement "I feel empathy for people I don't personally know, and see it as a great tragedy when life is needlessly lost" applies to them, too.
I would love to see a surgical removal of the head of the snake that keeps them enslaved, but the political and economic realities may prevent that.
1) South Korea and China don't want 24.5 million refugees pouring across their border
2) China would rather not have South Korea take control of NK resulting in a strong western ally on their border
3) Whoever does take responsibility for them is committing to a multi-billion (possibly trillion) dollar investment to just bring them into the last century wrt standard of living, much less get them to a point of self-sufficiency and where they can contribute back to the world economy.
I hope that China has finally had enough of NK's foolishness and is willing to let the rest of the world intervene in the lives of the NK citizenry.
3000 miles along the great circle path puts a warhead short of Anchorage, Alaska. Honolulu is 4600 miles. Here is an equidistant azimuthal projection centered on Pyongyang. The first yellow distance ring is 4000 km, the second is 8000 km. Assuming their missle range is 3000mi/4825 km, they can only reach the distant Aleutian Islands. I wouldn't be the least bit worried of you're not within the 4000km ring.
North Korea is saying they are going to pre-emptively strike the USA with nuclear weapons. Why aren't we all building/hiding in bomb shelters right now?
Because their 'attack the US' map has the ICBMs not taking great-circle routes. Some NK PR flunky hacked that map together with a Mercator projection and a ruler. Here is the GC route from Pyongyang to Austin, TX, one of the cities supposedly on the list.
The taxes thing is oft repeated and silly as could be.
Be careful what and whom you call silly. States and localities tax much more than income. Virginia has personal property and real estate taxes - even if I own my home outright and eat food I grow myself and never touch a USD, I still must pay my real estate tax in USD.
Sea state 50??? From that chart sea state 50 would extrapolate to 52,359,324,110 ft waves! [From that table it looks like wave height is approx 1.63825 ^ n] That's 40% of the distance to Venus!
Creepy. I expected to see Charlton Heston driving like a maniac through the empty streets shooting at pale mutants.
The last time I researched this (admittedly some time ago) they did send the pump laser signal down the fiber like this. There were two choices - send the pump signal down the same fiber as the signal, or down a different fiber that was physically joined/merged with the signal cables(s). It looks like that didn't work out, since Wikipedia agrees with you: Repeaters are powered by a constant direct current passed down the conductor near the center of the cable...
If he ingests Kevlar fibers, they'll likely perforate his GI tract and kill him.