john wilson wrote:

Right....and give the special interest groups another reason to
pressure Congress to pass additional restrictive legislation on
citizens. Shut up!

Nick Wrote:
It's because of **** like this that Americans are now criminals
if they listen to certain
radio frequencies. Let it die .

Excellent idea. Do your own scanning. Drop it. Troll elsewhere.


Telephone Disclosure and Dispute Resolution Act of 1992 (TDDRA)

Public Law: 102-556 (10/28/92)
H.R.6191 SPONSOR: Rep Swift (introduced 10/06/92)
S.1579 SPONSOR: Sen Inouye (introduced 07/29/91)
http://thomas.loc.gov/home/c102query.html [H.R.6191.ENR]
SEC. 402. TECHNICAL AMENDMENTS
SEC. 403. INTERCEPTION OF CELLULAR TELECOMMUNICATIONS.

(a) AMENDMENT- Section 302 of the Communications Act of 1934
(47 U.S.C. 302) is amended by adding at the end the following
new subsection:

`(d)(1) Within 180 days after the date of enactment of this
subsection, the Commission shall prescribe and make effective
regulations denying equipment authorization (under part 15 of
title 47, Code of Federal Regulations, or any other part of
that title) for any scanning receiver that is capable of--

`(A) receiving transmissions in the frequencies allocated to
the domestic cellular radio telecommunications service,

`(B) readily being altered by the user to receive transmissions
in such frequencies, or

`(C) being equipped with decoders that convert digital cellular
transmissions to analog voice audio.
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US CODE COLLECTION
TITLE 47 CHAPTER 5 SUBCHAPTER III Part I Sec. 302a.
Sec. 302a. - Devices which interfere with radio reception

(d) Cellular telecommunications receivers

(1) Within 180 days after October 28, 1992, the Commission
shall prescribe and make effective regulations denying
equipment authorization (under part 15 of title 47,
Code of Federal Regulations, or any other part of that title)
for any scanning receiver that is capable of -

(A) receiving transmissions in the frequencies allocated to
the domestic cellular radio telecommunications service,

(B) readily being altered by the user to receive transmissions
in such frequencies, or

(C) being equipped with decoders that convert digital cellular
transmissions to analog voice audio.

[CITE: 47/302a] http://www4.law.cornell.edu/uscode/47/302a.html
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FCC Rules: PART 15--RADIO FREQUENCY DEVICES--
Subpart B--Unintentional Radiators

Sec. 15.121 Scanning receivers and frequency converters
used with scanning receivers.

(a) Except as provided in paragraph (c) of this section,
scanning receivers and frequency converters designed or
marketed for use with scanning receivers, shall:

(1) Be incapable of operating (tuning), or readily being
altered by the user to operate, within the frequency bands
allocated to the Cellular Radiotelephone Service in part 22
of this chapter (cellular telephone bands).

[CITE: 47CFR22.905] http://tinyurl.com/3ygxp
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Scanning receivers capable of ``readily being altered
by the user'' include, but are not limited to, those
for which the ability to receive transmissions in the
cellular telephone bands can be added by clipping the
leads of, or installing, a simple component such as a
diode, resistor or jumper wire; replacing a plug-in
semiconductor chip; or programming a semiconductor chip
using special access codes or an external device,
such as a personal computer.

Scanning receivers, and frequency converters designed for
use with scanning receivers, also shall be incapable of
converting digital cellular communication transmissions
to analog voice audio. (continued)

[CITE: 47CFR15.121] http://tinyurl.com/3yjpt
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