@lowpass well, that's the beauty of #SpectrumRegulations and #SpectrumEnforcement:

• Good regulators will go after illegally powerful transmitters just as they do with any other #SpectrumViolation...

Also CB can get good range out of COTS transcievers ( 80 km easy out of a simple station antenna - 20 km out of a good mobile handset), it is a cheap "long-range" solution given the lack of need for licensing.

• OFC unlike #HamRadio there are way higher chances of abusive behaviour in theory but in return it allows for interesting setups that have way lower electromagnetic footprint, like recieve-only DIY pagers running off cheap #RTLSDR chipsets (#RTL2832U + #R820T-2) that barely consume power...

But then again it depends on whether or not one values analog radio capabilities or not, and whether or not.one trusts users to setup stuff properly.

• #LoRa makes it easy by virtue of being a "transparent" solution to the user at the cost of flexibility.

• #SDR transcievers like the #YardStickOne and can be really powerful, the latter one propably even be used for #SCPC over SAT with a proper #BUC & Voltage applied to that (don't forget the power-blocker at the HackRF's input/output ports (!!!), but if someone wants to have a Sub-€100 setup for transmission ans Sub-€50 for recieval, there ain't many as flexible as #AFSK'ing over CB Radio even at the expense of efficiency.

• Also one doesn't end up with a ton of basically "unsalvageable" #eWaste if one gives up on said project or has to scrap it for whatever reason, and #reusing is always better than buying new if feasible...