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digitalmod:
 Good heavens 1 watt on FM band goes almost no where. The FCC operates entirely on complaints . That says somebody makes a call or writes a complaint. They investigate it based on politics of situation.
Money is usually involved or some ties with a political power. FM radio uses very broad band and as such it takes a quiet band or very high power to even be heard at 1 mile. Urban environments are at greatest risks from radio sharks. :'(

ThaDood:
             It really depends upon where you are, and whom the receiving audience is. If you are wayyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy out in the boonies, you maybe on for years without notice. However, in a metro area, or even a small town with a station manager, engineer, or a so-called concerned citizen, who is a real douche, chances would be pretty good since the FCC will respond to complaints. And? 1W not reaching anywhere? Really??? In the right location and elevation, 25mW and a well tuned quarter wave ground plane can cover a whole town. Push a watt behind that, and you can cover for miles. This all depends on antenna efficiency, elevation, and geography.  The other thing is, are you choosing a FREQ that is really empty? That's hard to do in many areas. Another thing is which FCC office has a bad reputation. In Alaska, the FCC has a reputation of being really tough up there, even thought most of that state is wide open. Since there's so much air radio depending traffic up there, the Anchorage FCC office wants the aviation band as interference free as possible. So, lots of variables. I'll tell ya what, this so-called AM Revitalization Program of letting every AM station litter the FM band with their own FM translators certainly has not helped things for either free radio, and especially licensed LPFM.

redhat:

--- Quote from: ThaDood on December 14, 2017, 1319 UTC ---             It really depends upon where you are, and whom the receiving audience is. If you are wayyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy out in the boonies, you maybe on for years without notice. However, in a metro area, or even a small town with a station manager, engineer, or a so-called concerned citizen, who is a real douche, chances would be pretty good since the FCC will respond to complaints. And? 1W not reaching anywhere? Really??? In the right location and elevation, 25mW and a well tuned quarter wave ground plane can cover a whole town. Push a watt behind that, and you can cover for miles. This all depends on antenna efficiency, elevation, and geography.  The other thing is, are you choosing a FREQ that is really empty? That's hard to do in many areas. Another thing is which FCC office has a bad reputation. In Alaska, the FCC has a reputation of being really tough up there, even thought most of that state is wide open. Since there's so much air radio depending traffic up there, the Anchorage FCC office wants the aviation band as interference free as possible. So, lots of variables. I'll tell ya what, this so-called AM Revitalization Program of letting every AM station litter the FM band with their own FM translators certainly has not helped things for either free radio, and especially licensed LPFM.

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digitalmod:
 :o You chances are just about none what so ever. In fact FM band is sorta funny. If you have many strong commercial stations in your area, you cannot possibly interfere unless its somebody next door complaining. The FCC acts only on complaints and these generally come from licensed broadcasters.
Radio Free Brattleboro broadcast openly for ten years, before a federal judge granted FCC authority for a bust.
FCC cannot enter your home without a warrant. They could issue a warning, but at one watt, its just not happening. :-X

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