"KLM" wrote in message
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On Thu, 18 Mar 2004 16:53:28 -0800, "CW"
wrote:

Do you know what the word ILLEGAL means? It is very obvious that you are
ignorant of the technical details and I am not going to be your
electronics
teacher. It is illegal for a reason.


Terrorists are using cellphones to kill and maim hundreds of people
and you are maintaining that unrestrcted CP use is a god given
inviolable right.

Nope. He's simply pointed out, quite correctly, that willful
interference with a legitimate radio service is very , very illegal,
and it is so for some very good reasons.

Besides, "jamming" cell phones is a stupid and ineffective idea anyway.
You can't reliably "jam" such things within a limited area (which is one
reason for the laws in question - to RELIABLY jam phones within an
area that IS under your legal control, you MUST create signals that will
cause interference OUTSIDE that area. Hence, don't do it.) A far
better plan is to simply shield the area in question from ANY RF
transmissions - easily and relatively cheaply done, and will cause no
legal or other hassles, or unintended interference. And you can still
bring in any RF-based info you DO want - TV, radio, etc. - via a
cable.

Bob M.