"Bob Bob" wrote in message
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Gidday Jack

I heard a story that in Australia's government house there are wide band
jammers or large amounts of shielding installed so that mobile phones
will not "go off" in the senate and house of reps chambers.

Note that this would contravene the laws in Autralia on jamming devices.

If that isnt an endorsment nothing is!

Cheers Bob

Jack Painter wrote:
Mostly one sea-lawyer's rant in this group, was that it is illegal to
interfere with any radio signal, etc. That opinion is absent of
understanding the intent of that law, or where it may be applied.

On private property, one may install any device, counter-signal,
shielding,
etc that prevent or otherwise render inoperable any other signal that
enters
or tries to leave that property.

Hi Bob,

For sure, the government that regulates can use selective enforcement
however it chooses. In the U.S., the Federal Communications Commission
probably makes it difficult to get type-acceptance for manufacture and sale
of equipment designed to "jam" signals, and properly so. The cell phone
industry has a decided interest in preventing widespread usage of devices
designed to imperil their equipment performance. Using such a device on
private property may be fine, if it does not interfere with signals outside
the premises. But obtaining one in the first place will be difficult.

Jack
Virginia Beach