@victor @jeremiah

> Geolocation (triangulation)

It's really rough to triangulate bursts, or even realize that they are happening. It was probably sunspots!

> The HackRF module can transmit up to 50mw which is plenty for lab/development use.

Nice.

> I only know of one guy who got arrested (actually went to jail) for being a retard on the radio, but he was persistent about it, on a very public repeater, over many weeks.

I think it's probably a matter of pissing people off rather than QRM.

> I think the general feeling in the ham radio community is that the government is always trying to auction off frequencies (which is a gay concept in itself) to big companies, and the ham radio frequencies are looking more and more appealing to sell, so (they believe) playing nice with the rules will make that less likely to happen.

Maybe if they lick the boots extra-clean!