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This is the gold standard example of the FCC's behavior towards cellular spectrum. They have a very different mission when it comes to HAM spectrum.

Cellular spectrum: Grandstand and extract cash from the carriers.

Ham spectrum: Antenna-laden vans canvasing neighborhoods for radio pirates.

It is despicable.

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> Antenna-laden vans canvasing neighborhoods for radio pirates.

Got any photos, or links to accounts of these? I did a quick google image search because you think someone would have caught one in the wild by now, but no.

Here is a video of the inside of one. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QIGAOLJh-XE

Wow. Well, thanks for that! That's pretty bizarre!

I don't! I only have stories from radio pirates.

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