If an “adversary” has radio direction finding equipment you probably don’t want to transmit anyway. Besides, if we’re at the point where we’re exchanging info via localized amateur and GMRS radios because everything else is down then getting tagged for an FCC violation is going to be the least of your worries.
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LOL! It would be funny in a twisted sort of way if the FCC bureaucrats were still operational and could find you faster than a hostile ‘adversary’.
All good points though.
If you are unlicensed, you would still have the option to transmit in emergencies. It’s not like regulatory penalties matter at that point.
One of the first things Zelensky did appears to have been to ban operation of amateur radio; I guess they can’t stop people from just listening:
https://www.arrl.org/news/amateur-radio-in-ukraine-ordered-off-the-air-in-state-of-emergency