Michael A. Peters: >> In some cases - it is the FCC that may actually be at fault. >> The FCC has regulations on what devices can be user configurable - with >> respect to how much power can be sent to the antenna. John Summerfied: > I gather that if the source for the HAL (the firmware) were released, > then (evil) hackers could hack on it and use the devices to interfere > with air traffic control and (maybe) military. I think that hackers can figure out how to be a nuisance, anyway. All the FCC is achieving is some limits on some people, while imposing annoyances on others. For instance, here (in Australia) it's permissible to transmit what you like, how you like it, so long as your transmissions don't emit from your property (e.g. imagine inside a large metal-construction factory building, where circumstances needed higher than normal power for it to work, but not *that* high that it'll cause problems to outsiders). -- Don't send private replies to my address, the mailbox is ignored. I read messages from the public lists.
