> The paranoid folks believe the FCC is trying to move all of the unlicensed stuff into the GHz+ range to limit long range communications.

I am so paranoid I think that if the FCC are doing this they are right to, or may at least have a point.

We need to accept the radio spectrum is part of the cyber security profile of the area of the country.

To drop a giant hint, something that listens to one thing in remote areas, transmits the results via another channel, over a series of hops and then out of the country, would be of great interest to some people.

The restrictions are annoying, but my belief is the FCC (and international equivalents) should promote amateur radio licensing by committing to protecting licensed usage in the existing amateur bands, and get more HAMs inside the tent pissing in the outward direction.