who said it had to be in the clear?
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The FCC, if you are talking amateur bands. Now technically cold one ignore that, sure.
you can lug a radio around pretty easily too so you're not broadcasting from your home or work. because if there's one thing governments are good at, it's radio direction finding and geolocation.
Exactly. And bouncing off of repeaters and natural objects, and using only minimal power, etc. It’s (amateur regulation) is limiting item to consider when discussing GPRS and other civilian packets methods.