Originally Posted by
2StgTurbine
Yeah, it actually is hard to "triangulate" a VHF transmission without specialized equipment distributed over a wide area. It would require a dedicated FCC task force to enforce. And even so, the margin of error can be miles dues to inference patterns on congested frequencies.
It's actually very easy and inexpensive to do these days.
Geek level 1000 reading ahead.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Multilateration