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The FM broadcast band is crowded even by LICENSED broadcasters! Just because you can't hear a station on the band somewhere (regardless of if the band is AM, FM or TV) doesn't mean there isn't one...The receiver may not be sensitive or selective enough to pick up the station it is scanning.

I know this technology was intended for use on the TV bands but I shudder to think if it becomes commonplace and starts using other "white space" in various other chunks of spectrum...

This is just as bad (if not worse) than the concept of Broadband over Power Lines in terms of the interference and havok it will cause.]]>Jan 21st 2008 11:19AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/01/21/fcc-to-test-white-spaces-devices-again/http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/21/fcc-to-test-white-spaces-devices-again/Jan 21st 2008 4:50PM