&gt; Why does this need any kind of new change in the first place?<p>The same reason as other FCC regulations, so you don&#x27;t inadvertently pollute part of the spectrum with either transmissions or noise? One device might not be a problem, but it&#x27;s potentially a slippery slope with more and more software defined devices. It really shouldn&#x27;t be that hard to come up with a solution either, even if it&#x27;s just slightly more resilience.<p>The other solution might be to certify the firmware, so for instance it doesn&#x27;t default to noncompliant settings when you flash, but that seem like a bigger mess.