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Old September 4th 13, 08:44 AM posted to rec.radio.amateur.equipment
Geoffrey S. Mendelson Geoffrey S. Mendelson is offline
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Default Marine VHF Radio for Truck
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Care to explain what is wrong with my all purpose answer to all those
questions, i.e. if the trucks just have them, only monitor, and never
transmit, they are legal?

Now that is a real can of worms. In the US there is an overriding FEDERAL
law that allows licensed ham radio operators to have scanning receivers
as part of their transceivers in vehicles.

There are state and local laws prohibiting the presence of scanners and
other receivers that are not licensed. Not everywhere, and not all the
laws are the same.

So the answer is both yes, having a scanner or marine radio in his truck
would be legal, and no it is not. Depends upon exactly where he is.

Geoff.



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Geoffrey S. Mendelson, N3OWJ/4X1GM/KBUH7245/KBUW5379

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