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Where I live, this is absolutely not the jaywalking of RF violations. In Germany, if it is proven that your signal was potentially interfering with emergency services, you will be liable for any damage to victims in civil courts. And if somebody dies in your area because the emergency services couldn't get there on time, you will be criminally charged for "negligent manslaughter."

I wouldn't play at all with non-approved RF frequencies personally.

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It literally took a single google search to find out that you’re wrong.

FM transmitting for private use is completely legal for UKW frequencies between 87.5 and 105 MHz and transmission powers lower than 50nW [1]. You can buy perfectly FM transmitters for your car, etch

[1] (German) https://www.autozeitung.de/fm-transmitter-bluetooth-nachrues...

In Germany (like afaik all the EU), you can also freely buy and use small low-power FM transmitters for exactly the use case of sending your own music to radios...

If a low power FM transmitter on commercial frequencies can interfere with your emergency services, you may have bigger problems. IIRC they have their own specific frequencies.

"RF violations"

In germany its also legal to use plenty of bands in the RF Spectrcum with up to 750Watts (and potential more).

We are also allowed to do CB Funk in Channels 1-40 without anything and up to 80/85 (forgot details) when you register with Germany.

So your statement reads more like you are not allowed to do anything in germany. Its hard to believe to disturb stable systems just because someone is doing a little bit of FM on some known frequencies.

What would happen if you delayed an ambulance responding to an emergency by jaywalking in front of it? Could you be charged if someone died as a result?

In Switzerland they can (and often will) at least fine you if you neglect to dirve to the side when encountering traffic on a highway (to form a "Rettungsgasse"[0]) to allow emergency cars to pass in the middle.

[0]: https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rettungsgasse?wprov=sfla1

like the Indians said, you want to buy the sky too?

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