Winner winner chicken dinner! Here's your beer...have to take it in text, can't post pictures from muh phone.
We were a family HAM group. Uncle was an extra with all the equipment bells and whistles. We worked emergency nets and there were times us techs gave him a rest and used the equipment. It's not rocket science. Folks in the path of tornados and Katrina survivors didn't care about which license we used.
Here's the thing, we were all aware communications were public. Big gossip group. Everyone in our county ARC knew everyone else's business and that of the contiguous county's HAMS.
Yes. I grok the encoded capabilities of DS. It's just another big "These people are STUPID" moment. I think the only thing clandestine about this plan was possible going "old school" to try and sneak around white hat intelligence. I estimate more than 75% of my HAM friends have military background tho. Can't get much by that group of HAMS.
So, my mind leads me to this:
Does one really need a license to operate someone else’s equipment? Could a foreign agent who just happened to be employed/contracted by Nellie’s employer GPS Fusion use it? Who would know?
Giggle part: Did Nellie expense the equipment and license cost back to GPS (these people ARE stupid!)