[thomasjames]

This is outrageous.

The good news is that there is enough 2m equipment out there that there could actually be a feasible mass radio protest and intentionally render the band unusable. There is no way in hell the FCC or similar authorities abroad could ever actually track down all the equipment or have the manpower to deal with violations. They cannot even stop robocalls in the US.

[jlgaddis]

I certainly wouldn't encourage or participate in such a "protest" and I hope that no one I know would either.

It would be extemely detrimental if we lost the 2M band but this is not the right way to "protest" it.

Fortunately, I don't think this constitutes a real threat to the worldwide amateur 2M band. A "reassignment" of 144-146 MHz worldwide, as described here, is simply not going to happen -- not for this purpose, at least.

[ahje]

I'm not sure why you're getting downvoted. _IF_ they actually re-assign the frequency and use it for communicating with unmanned aircraft then disturbing the comms could have unintended consequences, and the response to such an incident would undoubtedly be just as disproportionate.