Anonymous067,
I'm not one of the die-hard "you must follow this rule or will be thrown in prison" type people (trust me) but there are many federal agencies who could conceivably be involved in your location who I'm sure you didn't
call, like Hotch and Gideon from the BAU chasing a serial killer or something.
I agree the chances of getting prosecuted for this are next to nil, unless you're the reason the FBI failed to prevent the next 9/11. Chances are you'll get a C&D letter from some fat-cat government lawyer. At that
point go to the "powers that be" in your facility and they'll listen, if it ever comes down to that, which again isn't likely. Don't be malicious and
call the FCC yourself because that's dumb, although I'm sure some obnoxious technician somewhere in this country has threatened or maybe even done it.
People still use mics in the 700mHz range, perhaps because they don't know about the ban (not everyone knows about Control Booth unfortunately!) or perhaps because they do traveling shows in and out the same day and the chances of them getting caught are extremely low. Hey, not saying it's moral, but plenty of people do it.
I own mics that span 680-710 (user adjustable) and I didn't get rid of them. I was told by an audio friend that technically the law bans the use of any equipment that COULD operate in that frequency (don't know, didn't read it!) but as an educated professional you
gauge the risk and do what you deem necessary. I mean come on who hasn't daisy-chained a
power strip!!!