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toplocker May 5th 04 06:38 PM

Any Cell Phone Eavesdroppers Out There?
 
I'm a freelance journalist doing an article on cel phone spy culture
and would love to talk to some people who have done this with some
frequency. I can quote anonymously and am not looking to do a hatchet
job. Just wanting to learn more about it.

Anyone willing to talk can email me @

Thanks

Michael Clarke

ScannerManInScannerLand May 5th 04 06:49 PM

Yes, but if we tell ya anything then we'd be breaking some laws.

Being in journalism, you should know this already.



toplocker wrote:
I'm a freelance journalist doing an article on cel phone spy culture
and would love to talk to some people who have done this with some
frequency. I can quote anonymously and am not looking to do a hatchet
job. Just wanting to learn more about it.

Anyone willing to talk can email me @

Thanks

Michael Clarke



Mike Y May 5th 04 07:18 PM

"toplocker" wrote in message
om...
I'm a freelance journalist doing an article on cel phone spy culture
and would love to talk to some people who have done this with some
frequency. I can quote anonymously and am not looking to do a hatchet
job. Just wanting to learn more about it.

Anyone willing to talk can email me @

Thanks

Michael Clarke


If you're in any kind of big city, just solicit 'on the air'.

A number of years ago, analog cell days, a friend called me and started
to talk on his cell about something that should have been kept secure.

I told him to stop, and he asked why. I told him there could be
eavesdroppers. He said no way, the cell phone company told him people
couldn't listen.

So we made a bet.

He gave his office number out 'over the air' in the call, and we asked any
listeners to call it and leave a message that they were out there. And we
made a bet on it. Sam Adams at the time...

As soon as we did that, he told me he was going to hang up and call his
office to make sure the phone messages were clear and he'd call me back.

I waited and waited. Finally he called. His office number was BUSY and
he couldn't get through to his voice mail. When he finally did, he had a
number of messages, seven if I recall.right, of people listening. One guy
even left a message with a signal strength report and he obviously had a
beam
as he reported 'direction' as my friend was driving...




Rob Cullen May 5th 04 10:04 PM

Is it not now true that listening to unauthorised broadcasts was illegal? I
trhought the 'acting on information' law was old hat these days.


"ScannerManInScannerLand" wrote in message
. ..
Yes, but if we tell ya anything then we'd be breaking some laws.

Being in journalism, you should know this already.



toplocker wrote:
I'm a freelance journalist doing an article on cel phone spy culture
and would love to talk to some people who have done this with some
frequency. I can quote anonymously and am not looking to do a hatchet
job. Just wanting to learn more about it.

Anyone willing to talk can email me @

Thanks

Michael Clarke





Aussie AM Stereo Fan May 6th 04 12:12 AM

"toplocker" wrote in message
om...
I'm a freelance journalist doing an article on cel phone spy culture
and would love to talk to some people who have done this with some
frequency. I can quote anonymously and am not looking to do a hatchet
job. Just wanting to learn more about it.

Anyone willing to talk can email me @

Thanks


Don't think you'll find anyone gullable enough on here to reply to you. LOL
some people!..



JER1538A May 6th 04 12:38 AM

MAYBE SOMEONE WHO DID IT BEFORE THE ECPA TOOK EFFECT ??

Dwayne May 6th 04 02:34 AM

In article ,
says...

Back when anolog was still operational I demonstrated to a friend how easy it was to
listen. He recognised the person we were listening to.

I thought I heard someone listening to me :)

--
-----------
Dwayne
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/BC895/

Tony P. May 6th 04 02:39 AM

In article ,
says...
On 5 May 2004 10:38:29 -0700,
(toplocker) wrote:

I'm a freelance journalist doing an article on cel phone spy culture
and would love to talk to some people who have done this with some
frequency.


The frequency with with some people listen to cell phones is 870 to 890 Mhz.


And Alinco DJ-580's will hear things in that band because the receiver
on those radios is wide open.

Zephyr_Mark_Two May 6th 04 06:16 AM

(toplocker) wrote in message . com...
I'm a freelance journalist doing an article on cel phone spy culture
and would love to talk to some people who have done this with some
frequency. I can quote anonymously and am not looking to do a hatchet
job. Just wanting to learn more about it.

Anyone willing to talk can email me @


Thanks

Michael Clarke


(Note: discussions about cellular eavesdropping in this newsgroup led
to the enactment of the TDDRA - what you say will be used against you!)

The latest in the never-ending saga of the Gingrich ethics
story is ow also a McDermott ethics story dealing with a
cellular phone call. your coverage begins with a report by
Kwame Holman, followed by an analysis of the technical
aspects of the intercepted phone call,
and a discussion with two legislators. (January 14, 1997)

http://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/congr...ular_1-14.html
-

The Electronic Communications Privacy Act (ECPA) of 1986
was adopted to address the legal privacy issues that were
evolving with the growing use of computers and other new
innovations in electronic communications.

The ECPA updated legislation passed in 1968 that had been
designed to clarify what constitutes invasion of privacy
when electronic surveillance is involved.

President Reagan signed the Electronics Communication
Privacy Act into law on October 21, 1986. The ECPA was
designed to expand Title III privacy protection to apply
to radio paging devices, electronic mail, cellular
telephones, private communication carriers, and
computer transmissions.

The ECPA was originally endorsed by the ACLU and promoted
to protect civil liberties.
-----

United States Code TITLE 18 - CRIMES AND CRIMINAL PROCEDURE
PART I - CRIMES
CHAPTER 119 - WIRE AND ELECTRONIC COMMUNICATIONS
INTERCEPTION AND INTERCEPTION OF ORAL COMMUNICATIONS

(16) ''readily accessible to the general public'' means, with
respect to a radio communication, that such communication
is not
-
(A) scrambled or encrypted;
(B) transmitted using modulation techniques whose essential
parameters have been withheld from the public with the
intention of preserving the privacy of such communication;
(C) carried on a subcarrier or other signal subsidiary to a
radio transmission;
(D) transmitted over a communication system provided by a
common carrier, unless the communication is a tone only
paging system communication; or
(E) transmitted on frequencies allocated under part 25,
subpart D, E, or F of part 74, or part 94 of the Rules of the
Federal Communications Commission, unless, in the case of a
communication transmitted on a frequency allocated under part
74 that is not exclusively allocated to broadcast auxiliary
services, the communication is a two-way voice communication
by radio;

http://www4.law.cornell.edu/uscode/18/2510.html
------

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. 403. INTERCEPTION OF CELLULAR TELECOMMUNICATIONS. --


FCC Rules: PART 15--RADIO FREQUENCY DEVICES

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). 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)
http://tinyurl.com/yvs9g

w2rac May 7th 04 06:46 AM

Only if the person has a speakerphone, or the volume up to much.

Then you cant help hearing them as they YELL at the caller.

I hate NEXTEL (speakerphone and the beeping) and stupid people who
dont turn down the volume!!!! They dont even realise they are yelling
into the phone.

I didnot until my wife said something.

As for radio RX, that is a NO-NO


On 5 May 2004 10:38:29 -0700, (toplocker) wrote:

I'm a freelance journalist doing an article on cel phone spy culture
and would love to talk to some people who have done this with some
frequency. I can quote anonymously and am not looking to do a hatchet
job. Just wanting to learn more about it.

Anyone willing to talk can email me @


Thanks

Michael Clarke



b.j. May 7th 04 05:13 PM

I can't think of a more stupid request !!!!
b.j.



"w2rac" wrote in message
...
Only if the person has a speakerphone, or the volume up to much.

Then you cant help hearing them as they YELL at the caller.

I hate NEXTEL (speakerphone and the beeping) and stupid people who
dont turn down the volume!!!! They dont even realise they are yelling
into the phone.

I didnot until my wife said something.

As for radio RX, that is a NO-NO


On 5 May 2004 10:38:29 -0700, (toplocker) wrote:

I'm a freelance journalist doing an article on cel phone spy culture
and would love to talk to some people who have done this with some
frequency. I can quote anonymously and am not looking to do a hatchet
job. Just wanting to learn more about it.

Anyone willing to talk can email me @


Thanks

Michael Clarke





Tony P. May 7th 04 05:38 PM

In article ,
says...
Only if the person has a speakerphone, or the volume up to much.

Then you cant help hearing them as they YELL at the caller.

I hate NEXTEL (speakerphone and the beeping) and stupid people who
dont turn down the volume!!!! They dont even realise they are yelling
into the phone.


Is it any worse than how we are with HT's?

WG May 7th 04 07:17 PM

I love to listen to cell and cordless phones. It is only illegal in the land
of the free but not illegal in truly free countries. It is a good close look
at the personal lives of other people. I have 2 radios setup that can listen
to cell and a few months ago I was having coffee with some members of the
local city police and gave them a demo. They just loved the way that drug
dealers talk so openly on the cell system.

"toplocker" wrote in message
om...
I'm a freelance journalist doing an article on cel phone spy culture
and would love to talk to some people who have done this with some
frequency. I can quote anonymously and am not looking to do a hatchet
job. Just wanting to learn more about it.

Anyone willing to talk can email me @

Thanks

Michael Clarke




LW May 7th 04 09:34 PM

(toplocker) wrote ...

I'm a freelance journalist doing an article on cel phone spy culture
and would love to talk to some people who have done this with some
frequency.


Check
http://www.mods.dk and see what scanners are cell capable. And
go buy one from a pawn shop and do the mod.

Do your own listening and get the story first-hand.

Most cell phone systems are digitized now, so there's not as much
chatter to listen to as there was several years ago.

Sold my last scanner 4 years ago. No room for 'em here in the
'frigerator box.

Tony P. May 7th 04 09:41 PM

In article gpQmc.29564$U75.3333@edtnps89, says...
I love to listen to cell and cordless phones. It is only illegal in the land
of the free but not illegal in truly free countries. It is a good close look
at the personal lives of other people. I have 2 radios setup that can listen
to cell and a few months ago I was having coffee with some members of the
local city police and gave them a demo. They just loved the way that drug
dealers talk so openly on the cell system.


So true. ECPA is a joke wrt to technical issues - they legislated away a
technical problem.


JOE May 8th 04 12:50 AM


I'm a freelance journalist doing an article on cel phone spy culture
and would love to talk to some people who have done this with some
frequency. I can quote anonymously and am not looking to do a hatchet
job. Just wanting to learn more about it.


Perhaps you should start out your writing career by learning to spell.

Nevermind that cell phones are ALL digital now. There is nothing
to be heard.

Troll.



Donald K May 8th 04 02:58 AM

JOE wrote:

Nevermind that cell phones are ALL digital now. There is nothing
to be heard.


Analog AMPS is still in service around here.

-D
--
"A positive attitude may not solve all your problems, but it will annoy
enough people to make it worth the effort." -Herm Albright

Dwayne May 8th 04 04:11 AM

In article .com,
says...
Nevermind that cell phones are ALL digital now. There is nothing
to be heard.


Hmm I wonder what it is that Im hearing on my PRO43 then :/ Analog is
still very much in use all over the place, regardless what people say.
--
-----------
Dwayne
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/BC895/

: DeeVee : May 8th 04 02:29 PM

Years ago, when cell calls could be heard on
scanners without modifications etc .. back before
there were CHEAP cellphone talk time plans ...
when people would say, " I will call you when I
get to the office or home, I am on my
$$cellphone$$." I heard a man on his cell, calling
a pay for phone sex number ... I thought to myself
... As expensive as this call must be, he could
have hired a hooker ..

Is this the wrong type of post to make here ??
Sorry if I offended anyone.

--
___________________________________
From the messy desk of: DeeVee
28°52' 925" N / 81°14'.318" W (give or take)
____________________________________
Disclaimer: I have no idea what I am talking
about.

"toplocker" wrote in message
om...
| I'm a freelance journalist doing an article on
cel phone spy culture
| and would love to talk to some people who have
done this with some
| frequency. I can quote anonymously and am not
looking to do a hatchet
| job. Just wanting to learn more about it.
|
| Anyone willing to talk can email me @

|
| Thanks
|
| Michael Clarke



[email protected] May 8th 04 04:11 PM

Hey Joe,

All and nothing are big words..plenty of action on my pro-2032.
Perhaps you should do a little research next time.

On Fri, 07 May 2004 23:50:08 GMT, "JOE" wrote:


I'm a freelance journalist doing an article on cel phone spy culture
and would love to talk to some people who have done this with some
frequency. I can quote anonymously and am not looking to do a hatchet
job. Just wanting to learn more about it.


Perhaps you should start out your writing career by learning to spell.

Nevermind that cell phones are ALL digital now. There is nothing
to be heard.

Troll.




Nelson May 8th 04 08:29 PM

Its not the drug dealers they are worried about you listening too, its there
illegal crap the cops are doing they don't wish you too hear, that's the bad
cops, but the other reason is cops use cell phone to talk to each other,
because there radio's suck for reception in rural areas, and if they are
making a bust, they don't need those drug dealers know that they are coming.

"Tony P." wrote in message
.. .
In article gpQmc.29564$U75.3333@edtnps89, says...
I love to listen to cell and cordless phones. It is only illegal in the

land
of the free but not illegal in truly free countries. It is a good close

look
at the personal lives of other people. I have 2 radios setup that can

listen
to cell and a few months ago I was having coffee with some members of

the
local city police and gave them a demo. They just loved the way that

drug
dealers talk so openly on the cell system.


So true. ECPA is a joke wrt to technical issues - they legislated away a
technical problem.




Nelson May 8th 04 08:31 PM

I have a Pro-90, and a Optoelectronic Cub RF counter, I get all the numbers
I need.

": DeeVee :" wrote in message
...
Years ago, when cell calls could be heard on
scanners without modifications etc .. back before
there were CHEAP cellphone talk time plans ...
when people would say, " I will call you when I
get to the office or home, I am on my
$$cellphone$$." I heard a man on his cell, calling
a pay for phone sex number ... I thought to myself
.. As expensive as this call must be, he could
have hired a hooker ..

Is this the wrong type of post to make here ??
Sorry if I offended anyone.

--
___________________________________
From the messy desk of: DeeVee
28°52' 925" N / 81°14'.318" W (give or take)
____________________________________
Disclaimer: I have no idea what I am talking
about.

"toplocker" wrote in message
om...
| I'm a freelance journalist doing an article on
cel phone spy culture
| and would love to talk to some people who have
done this with some
| frequency. I can quote anonymously and am not
looking to do a hatchet
| job. Just wanting to learn more about it.
|
| Anyone willing to talk can email me @

|
| Thanks
|
| Michael Clarke





Tony P. May 8th 04 10:50 PM

In article , says...
Years ago, when cell calls could be heard on
scanners without modifications etc .. back before
there were CHEAP cellphone talk time plans ...
when people would say, " I will call you when I
get to the office or home, I am on my
$$cellphone$$." I heard a man on his cell, calling
a pay for phone sex number ... I thought to myself
.. As expensive as this call must be, he could
have hired a hooker ..

Is this the wrong type of post to make here ??
Sorry if I offended anyone.


Being that we both worked in law enforcement at the time we were able to
buy a device that attached to a programmable receiver on the one side,
and a computer on the other.

The software allowed you to follow calls by number, by cell site and
numerous other options.

You wouldn't believe how easy it was to pick off the criminal behavior.
Truly stupid criminals.


Bill Crocker May 9th 04 05:01 PM

Considering cellular monitoring is a felony in the U.S. Don't be so sure
you can protect the identity of your informants. Especially under the new
Patriot Act, in the name of homeland security.

Bill Crocker


"toplocker" wrote in message
om...
I'm a freelance journalist doing an article on cel phone spy culture
and would love to talk to some people who have done this with some
frequency. I can quote anonymously and am not looking to do a hatchet
job. Just wanting to learn more about it.

Anyone willing to talk can email me @

Thanks

Michael Clarke




Nelson May 9th 04 10:24 PM

But in Canada the RCMP when asked about it say what where, how come, they
don't really care two bits.
"Bill Crocker" wrote in message
...
Considering cellular monitoring is a felony in the U.S. Don't be so sure
you can protect the identity of your informants. Especially under the new
Patriot Act, in the name of homeland security.

Bill Crocker


"toplocker" wrote in message
om...
I'm a freelance journalist doing an article on cel phone spy culture
and would love to talk to some people who have done this with some
frequency. I can quote anonymously and am not looking to do a hatchet
job. Just wanting to learn more about it.

Anyone willing to talk can email me @

Thanks

Michael Clarke






JOE May 10th 04 05:30 PM

Hey buttmunch - it's dead HERE. I am not THERE.


wrote in message
.. .
Hey Joe,

All and nothing are big words..plenty of action on my pro-2032.
Perhaps you should do a little research next time.

On Fri, 07 May 2004 23:50:08 GMT, "JOE" wrote:


I'm a freelance journalist doing an article on cel phone spy culture
and would love to talk to some people who have done this with some
frequency. I can quote anonymously and am not looking to do a hatchet
job. Just wanting to learn more about it.


Perhaps you should start out your writing career by learning to spell.

Nevermind that cell phones are ALL digital now. There is nothing
to be heard.

Troll.






Mediaguy500 May 11th 04 03:46 AM

Then you cant help hearing them as they YELL at the caller.


probably the best placr to find those types of callers are at the movie
theatres, but only while the movie is playing. ;)

Before andd after the movie, they're quiet.

Once the movie starts, "Oh, I'm watching this movie ahgain right now. It's the
5'th time I've seen it becaues it's so good. It ends up by the main character
doing this...." and the whole plot is ruined for the rest of the people in the
theatre becaues of the spoiler announced as loud as can be on a cell phone.
;)



Lou May 11th 04 03:30 PM

"Mark" wrote in message
...
On Fri, 07 May 2004 01:46:01 -0400, w2rac wrote:

Only if the person has a speakerphone, or the volume up to much.

Then you cant help hearing them as they YELL at the caller.

I hate NEXTEL (speakerphone and the beeping) and stupid people who
dont turn down the volume!!!! They dont even realise they are yelling
into the phone.


Or the stupid Nextel users who don't realize they can shut off the

loudspeaker
and hold it like a normal cell phone? The difference is you just use the

PTT
button....


What ****es me off, is in council meetings where one individual "always"
gets a Nextel call. You would think he would turn it off for the short time
we meet OR tell them not to call, he won't be available or plain turn the
damned thing off. That is very distracting to see and hear when important
issues are being discussed. I swear, I "think" some do this crap to impress
others. "I" could give a **** less. It isn't something "new" that you just
"have to flash".

Lou



Greasy Rider @ invalid.com May 11th 04 03:39 PM

On Tue, 11 May 2004 10:30:32 -0400, "Lou"
etched the phosphur particles on my
screen with the following:


I swear, I "think" some do this crap to impress
others. "I" could give a **** less. It isn't something "new" that you just
"have to flash".


I used to have a pager that could be programmed for an alarm call. I
would always set it for about forty-five minutes into a staff meeting
so that I could exit to take the call. Big Blue ;)

john wilson May 30th 04 09:21 PM

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

toplocker wrote:

I'm a freelance journalist doing an article on cel phone spy culture
and would love to talk to some people who have done this with some
frequency. I can quote anonymously and am not looking to do a hatchet
job. Just wanting to learn more about it.

Anyone willing to talk can email me @

Thanks

Michael Clarke



krackula June 1st 04 08:31 AM


It should be of interesting note to know that posts , nearly
identical to this original post by " supposed " journalists ..were
commonly seen on the cellular hacking NGs back in the 92 - 94 era.

they were fairly common and numerous. turned out they were most
often made by FBI personnel ( + possibly other government
agencies ) and initially the information made it's way into reports
used by the government and private manufactures to craft / draft
the super strict killer FCC EE3 cellular legislation and resultant
rule making. this rule making basically resulted in the death of
all USA cellular hacking and was used in most of the
anti-eavesdropping legislation too. it was claimed , in
about '94 , that the same information gained was used by the feds to
prosecute a number of people that supplied information to the
posters of the requests. people thought they were protected by
confidential reporter acts , when in reality they were actually
inter reacting directly with federal law enforcement people and THOSE
people are NOT required , by law , to be truthful with you. lieing
such as claiming to be journalists is not illegal for law enforcement
operatives.


interesting , slightly different in these posts is that the person is
seeking information strictly on ( illegal ) eavesdropping and
not the so called " hacking " like posts of the earlier era.
this , probably because " they " know that basic cellular
hacking is dead and that only " eavesdropping " could remain.

dunno what anyone , even law enforcement people , could expect to gain
by this old ploy / exploit , anymore. cellular hacking is dead and
analog cellular eavesdropping is experiencing the death rattle.
still .......... it's good to remember the historic relationships and
keep that in mind , nowadays. might also be some homeland
defense people with too much time on their hands too.


k..........


p.s. ....check out that email addy name .... " toplocker "
ah ah ah aha ha ahaa




On Sun, 30 May 2004 16:21:51 -0400, john wilson
wrote:

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

toplocker wrote:

I'm a freelance journalist doing an article on cel phone spy culture
and would love to talk to some people who have done this with some
frequency. I can quote anonymously and am not looking to do a hatchet
job. Just wanting to learn more about it.

Anyone willing to talk can email me @

Thanks

Michael Clarke



Zephyr_Mark_Two June 2nd 04 08:05 PM

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.
------

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
--

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
--

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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Zephyr_Mark_Two June 2nd 04 08:05 PM

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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Volker Tonn June 2nd 04 09:52 PM



Zephyr_Mark_Two schrieb:


Telephone Disclosure and Dispute Resolution Act of 1992 (TDDRA)

Public Law:...



Some may realize that these are international english language
newsgroups. So there is no relevance of US laws to many readers.

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