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400mhz Public Safety
FBI investigates illegal reception of radio transmissions, this includes
cell phones etc However the FCC DOES 'regulate' receivers...... look on ANY radio and see the "FCC type approved' sticker on it. ANY radio must be 'approved' by the FCC before it can be sold in the USA "honestjohn" wrote in message et... "labtech1" wrote in message ... It is a FEDERAL crime to 'use' a descrambler to intercept transmissions that are NOT your own. Hence.... if you owned a taxi cab company and wanted to scramble your transmissions to the cars.... you can legally do it. However if you 'used' that descrambler/ scrambler system to intercept police or another business transmissions you are in violation of the law. When did the gov't. pass this law and who enforces it? Don't say the FCC because they only regulate transmitters, not receivers. HJ |
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400mhz Public Safety
"labtech1" wrote in message ... FBI investigates illegal reception of radio transmissions, this includes cell phones etc However the FCC DOES 'regulate' receivers...... look on ANY radio and see the "FCC type approved' sticker on it. ANY radio must be 'approved' by the FCC before it can be sold in the USA To insure that the oscillator in the radio doesn't transmit those oscillations beyond a certain distance from the receiver. The FCC will never tell anyone what they can or can't listen to. The airwaves are "FREE" and anyone can listen to anything that they want. The problem only comes when you repeat what you hear on police frequencies. Plus unscramblers are not receivers, only an audio accessory to a receiver. The Feds only investigate people SELLING modified receivers for cell phones, not the buyers. H.J. |
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think you need to read the communications act of hmm I think it was
passed in 1992 or there abouts. "honestjohn" wrote in message news "labtech1" wrote in message ... FBI investigates illegal reception of radio transmissions, this includes cell phones etc However the FCC DOES 'regulate' receivers...... look on ANY radio and see the "FCC type approved' sticker on it. ANY radio must be 'approved' by the FCC before it can be sold in the USA To insure that the oscillator in the radio doesn't transmit those oscillations beyond a certain distance from the receiver. The FCC will never tell anyone what they can or can't listen to. The airwaves are "FREE" and anyone can listen to anything that they want. The problem only comes when you repeat what you hear on police frequencies. Plus unscramblers are not receivers, only an audio accessory to a receiver. The Feds only investigate people SELLING modified receivers for cell phones, not the buyers. H.J. |
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400mhz Public Safety
"labtech1" wrote in message I think . I doubt that! H.J. |
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400mhz Public Safety
The air waves are not "FREE" anymore if that were true scanners would still
be sold with cell coveraqge And its the communications act of 1996 (g) It shall not be unlawful under this chapter or chapter 121 of this title for any person-- (i) to intercept or access an electronic communication made through an electronic communication system that is configured so that such electronic communication is readily accessible to the general public; (ii) to intercept any radio communication which is transmitted-- (I) by any station for the use of the general public, or that relates to ships, aircraft, vehicles, or persons in distress; (II) by any governmental, law enforcement, civil defense, private land mobile, or public safety communications system, including police and fire, readily accessible to the general public; (III) by a station operating on an authorized frequency within the bands allocated to the amateur, citizens band, or general mobile radio services; or (IV) by any marine or aeronautical communications system; (iii) to engage in any conduct which-- (I) is prohibited by section 633 of the Communications Act of 1934; or (II) is excepted from the application of section 705(a) of the Communications Act of 1934 by section 705(b) of that Act; (iv) to intercept any wire or electronic communication the transmission of which is causing harmful interference to any lawfully operating station or consumer electronic equipment, to the extent necessary to identify the source of such interference; or (v) for other users of the same frequency to intercept any radio communication made through a system that utilizes frequencies monitored by individuals engaged in the provision or the use of such system, if such communication is not scrambled or encrypted. "honestjohn" wrote in message news "labtech1" wrote in message ... FBI investigates illegal reception of radio transmissions, this includes cell phones etc However the FCC DOES 'regulate' receivers...... look on ANY radio and see the "FCC type approved' sticker on it. ANY radio must be 'approved' by the FCC before it can be sold in the USA To insure that the oscillator in the radio doesn't transmit those oscillations beyond a certain distance from the receiver. The FCC will never tell anyone what they can or can't listen to. The airwaves are "FREE" and anyone can listen to anything that they want. The problem only comes when you repeat what you hear on police frequencies. Plus unscramblers are not receivers, only an audio accessory to a receiver. The Feds only investigate people SELLING modified receivers for cell phones, not the buyers. H.J. |
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400mhz Public Safety
"labtech1" wrote in message ... The air waves are not "FREE" anymore if that were true scanners would still be sold with cell coveraqge And its the communications act of 1996 (g) It shall not be unlawful under this chapter or chapter 121 of this title for any person-- Do you know what "not be unlawful" means? It means it is legal to: (i) "It is legal to" to intercept or access an electronic communication made through an electronic communication system that is configured so that such electronic communication is readily accessible to the general public; (ii) " It is legal to" intercept any radio communication which is transmitted-- *********************************** I rest my case! Not you need to rest. H.J. |
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400mhz Public Safety
your a riot
READ the wording and use your head and common sense when reading it IT SAYS : (v) for other users of the same frequency to intercept any radio communication made through a system that utilizes frequencies monitored by individuals engaged in the provision or the use of such system, if such communication is not scrambled or encrypted. Yep its LEGAL ...... IF communications ARE NOT ENCRYPTED or SCRAMBLED "honestjohn" wrote in message ... "labtech1" wrote in message ... The air waves are not "FREE" anymore if that were true scanners would still be sold with cell coveraqge And its the communications act of 1996 (g) It shall not be unlawful under this chapter or chapter 121 of this title for any person-- Do you know what "not be unlawful" means? It means it is legal to: (i) "It is legal to" to intercept or access an electronic communication made through an electronic communication system that is configured so that such electronic communication is readily accessible to the general public; (ii) " It is legal to" intercept any radio communication which is transmitted-- *********************************** I rest my case! Not you need to rest. H.J. |
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400mhz Public Safety
"labtech1" wrote in message ... your a riot READ the wording and use your head and common sense when reading it IT SAYS : (v) for other users of the same frequency to intercept any radio communication made through a system that utilizes frequencies monitored by individuals engaged in the provision or the use of such system, if such communication is not scrambled or encrypted. Yep its LEGAL ...... IF communications ARE NOT ENCRYPTED or SCRAMBLED Have you ever heard of anyone arrested or convicted of unscrambling a scrambled message? Are the FBI agents going to "bug" every home in America with listening devices to see who unscrambled a message? Is your name really Chicken Little yelling the sky is falling? Get a grip, any laws are aimed at criminals and those who make and sell communications equipment and not the average individual in his own house listening to the scanner. Take your lithium. HJ |
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400mhz Public Safety
ok you have convinced me you're a RETARD
The conversation wasn't 'its only a crime if your caught'. It was about WHAT IS THE LAW and I don't see any Attorny prefix in front of your name. You jump from one subject to another to suit your arguement and convice people you 'know what your talking about' Unfortunatly YOU DON"T . "honestjohn" wrote in message ... "labtech1" wrote in message ... your a riot READ the wording and use your head and common sense when reading it IT SAYS : (v) for other users of the same frequency to intercept any radio communication made through a system that utilizes frequencies monitored by individuals engaged in the provision or the use of such system, if such communication is not scrambled or encrypted. Yep its LEGAL ...... IF communications ARE NOT ENCRYPTED or SCRAMBLED Have you ever heard of anyone arrested or convicted of unscrambling a scrambled message? Are the FBI agents going to "bug" every home in America with listening devices to see who unscrambled a message? Is your name really Chicken Little yelling the sky is falling? Get a grip, any laws are aimed at criminals and those who make and sell communications equipment and not the average individual in his own house listening to the scanner. Take your lithium. HJ |
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(4)(a) Except as provided in paragraph (b) of this subsection or in
subsection (5), whoever violates subsection (1) of this section shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than five years, or both. (b) If the offense is a first offense under paragraph (a) of this subsection and is not for a tortious or illegal purpose or for purposes of direct or indirect commercial advantage or private commercial gain, and the wire or electronic communication with respect to which the offense under paragraph (a) is a radio communication that is not scrambled, encrypted or transmitted using modulation techniques the essential parameters of which have been withheld from the public with the intention of preserving the privacy of such communication, then-- (i) if the communication is not the radio portion of a cellular telephone communication, a cordless telephone communication that is transmitted between the cordless telephone handset and the base unit, a public land mobile radio service communication or a paging service communication, and the conduct is not that described in subsection (5), the offender shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than one year, or both; Hmmm sounds like the FCC ( federal law ) IS telling you what you can and can not listen to. "honestjohn" wrote in message news "labtech1" wrote in message ... FBI investigates illegal reception of radio transmissions, this includes cell phones etc However the FCC DOES 'regulate' receivers...... look on ANY radio and see the "FCC type approved' sticker on it. ANY radio must be 'approved' by the FCC before it can be sold in the USA To insure that the oscillator in the radio doesn't transmit those oscillations beyond a certain distance from the receiver. The FCC will never tell anyone what they can or can't listen to. The airwaves are "FREE" and anyone can listen to anything that they want. The problem only comes when you repeat what you hear on police frequencies. Plus unscramblers are not receivers, only an audio accessory to a receiver. The Feds only investigate people SELLING modified receivers for cell phones, not the buyers. H.J. |
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