Of course they are ready to do just that on a broad scale (ie, jam everything) when needed. You can see it simply based on the few leaks how much money they spend on things like this. The Pentagon alone has over 28,000 full time employees whos only job it is is to do
PR", ie, to convince us that what they are doing is right and what the people opposed to them are doing is wrong. Anytime you need that many people, it's a pretty sure thing you ain't doing the right thing.
The one thing that it would be impractical for them to "jam" is HAM radio. AM/FM is easy, just cut power and take over the station. HAM would need to have all frequencies flooded with signal and that's gonna require some rocket surgery level work.
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beece ago
Of course they are ready to do just that on a broad scale (ie, jam everything) when needed. You can see it simply based on the few leaks how much money they spend on things like this. The Pentagon alone has over 28,000 full time employees whos only job it is is to do PR", ie, to convince us that what they are doing is right and what the people opposed to them are doing is wrong. Anytime you need that many people, it's a pretty sure thing you ain't doing the right thing.
totes_magotes ago
The one thing that it would be impractical for them to "jam" is HAM radio. AM/FM is easy, just cut power and take over the station. HAM would need to have all frequencies flooded with signal and that's gonna require some rocket surgery level work.
Atarian ago
It's not a fucking acronym.
It's "ham radio" not "HAM radio" ya ding dong.
totes_magotes ago
Who’s there?
Atarian ago
Mark HAMmond apparently XD
elitch2 ago
How many HAMS are out there now, though. I have handhelds, but I don't know anyone who has an antenna.
Atarian ago
Fucking shitloads.
totes_magotes ago
As of two years ago: http://www.arrl.org/news/us-amateur-radio-numbers-reach-an-all-time-high
Onlio ago
The amount of people who ham HAMS has been steadily growing for the last few years
immatureusername ago
I wonder why. No actually i dont.
Womb_Raider ago
My parents have a nice HAM. Don't really use it. I'll post photos one of these days.
Pawn ago
not really, you just need to pump out noise on all frequencies. Easy for government people.
totes_magotes ago
You have a lot of faith in the government.
Pawn ago
I know how radios work :)
totes_magotes ago
Yeah, they run on magic smoke. If you see smoke coming out, it means you have a leak and your radio won't work.