To my post above I should add that this is my perspective. I simply enjoy radio and I operate within the rules as best I can. Others have their own reasons for their broadcasting.
Would I accept an increase in power if the FCC were to do so? You bet!
Would I accept relaxed rules in general regarding antennas, grounds, etc.? You bet!
Am I going to put up a shortwave station on 13.560 MHz that may go no further than my own backyard? You bet!
For the present, operating under the current rules allows me to "tinker" and enjoy radio.
My Advanced Class Amateur license affords me the opportunity to communicate around the world. 2-way communication is fun and challenging as well. These radio hobbies allow experimentation as well as public service.
My Commercial General Radiotelephone license allowed me to build and operate an LPFM station for our city. Why do I need Part 15 radio? I love radio.
Rich, your engineering skills are well appreciated. But, do you "play" with radio? I hope so...
Apropos of nothing this guy is a retired scientist, a humanist, an Arch Linux user, and lives in the Puget Sound area. How the heck do I not know this person?
Hello WaxyMouthfeel, I'm wondering what "guy" has all the features you mention.
Fake "curiosity" expressed in # 7: "It is curious as to why some people continue to promote/pursue the miniscule, legal, unlicensed SW coverage permitted by FCC §15.225 when many legendary, international SW broadcasters such as the BBC using megawatts of ERP producing very high fields over large portions of the globe are de-commissioning SW broadcast services."
Are we then, our silliness unveiled, to become discouraged about further pursuit of the Part 15 hobby?
Is there embarrassment to be felt in the enjoyment of "miniscile" pastimes?
Bellittled on the one end, harassed by fear of NOUO on the other, we have become targets of the Napoleon Bonaparte of small-mindedness.
If the BBC is so legendary why is it shutting down?
It's cat parasites I suspect, they infect human brains causing nuerological flickering, possibly exacerbated by exposure to high RF fields.
If we were less insignificant we might take pity.