In article , R David Steele wrote:
On Fri, 03 Sep 2004 03:18:38 GMT, Never anonymous Bud
wrote:

|Trying to steal the thunder from Arnold, "Larry Splane" on Thu, 2 Sep 2004 19:09:17 -0700
|spoke:
|
| Ham operators are legally able to carry scanners as a part of their
|"licensed obligation" to carry and forward emergency information to the
|general public.
|
|Hams CAN NOT carry just scanners in violation of local law.
|
|The FCC has an exemption for HAM radios that ALSO function as scanners.

Actually that depends on how the individual state legislature
wrote the law. In most states that have exemptions, it reads
only about receiving equipment that covers police frequencies.
Nothing said about ham freqs, just that those with ham licenses
or General Radio Operator License (GROL, ie a radio professional)
are exempt. Remember that they police like having something to
hold over you. Being able to take your license away if you get
out of hand is generally enough to satisfy them.

???
Police can't take away your amateur license. Only the FCC can do that.



Remember how society is structured these days. It is about
control over your behavior. Thus being able get you fired or
such. Thus cops are given "freedom" as they can be fired. What
the left wants is to be able to completely restrict those who are
without jobs thus outside the boundaries of control.


"If ye love wealth better than liberty ... servitude better than ... freedom,
go home from us in peace. We ask not your counsel or your arms ... May your
chains set lightly upon you. May posterity forget that ye were our countrymen."
- Samuel Adams