Oh, good grief. Lawsuit? the most overused word in a world believing in entitlement.
This move was part of the federal register, it was discussed here...It's been discussed in tech news shows, and it was aimed at COMMERCIAL users anyway, (broadcasters, cable systems) with home BUD users who are serious hobbyists following the news offered the chance to REGISTER. I don't know how many times in this thread I have to reiterate as a broadcaster and registered Cband user that NOBODY knew what kind of protection was going to be offered! At the time we put our money down to register with the FCC and pay for the paperwork, all that was known was that it would be SOME kind of protection.
Google the phrase "reallocate C Band" and ANY combination of words to that effect....and look how many articles there are in tech, space, and standard news outlets about it that were mainstream news when this all began.
Would you have invested a minimum of a GRAND to protect yoru BUD? If the answer's NO, then you have no grounds to stand on with your statement.
It cost those of us who filed REAL MONEY like I've said...to file. $500 to the FCC and more if you couldn't wade through the application. I've been in radio 32 years, 16 plus as a station owner and had to have an engineering firm wade through my paperwork. I've done ownership reports, annual FCC regulatory fee filing, National EAS test filing all on my own, but still needed help from a firm. The form was daunting to say the least and time consuming. Get something wrong with the FCC in most filing deadlines and you're OUT.
Would you have invested a thousand bucks? "Lawsuit" is what everyone screams when things don't go their way anymore...like they're entitled to "win" every time there's an issue. C-band has not been meant for consumers directly in years. Experimenters? YES. Do we enjoy it? Yes. Instead of C-band, can you now get most of your Cband programming over the air with sub carriers from standard TV channels? MOST DEFINITELY yes. Please come back to the real world and the fact Cband as much as I love it...(and I do..was selling Birdview in the 1980's) and others do here.... is for the FTA experimenter and not a main source of programming anymore. We take what we can get, we enjoy it while it's there...we move ON. If the programming moves on...so do we.