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Wideband Receivers DON'T COUNT. They are NOT "regular" scanners;
matter of fact, they are not scanners at all... There's a difference,
but apparently you're just too stupid to notice.
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tell the police and judge that when they arrest you for listening to
a scanner in a motor vehicle in a state that doesn't allow scanners
in motor vehicles.

the official legal definition of a scanner is a device that scans
4 or more channels between 30 MHZ and ( I think 1200 MHZ).

The definition also describes the speed at which it has to scan to
be counted or not counted as a scanner. I couldn't remember the
actual rate speed.

The legal definition of what is and isn't a scanner is the same
for the whole country.

What you count as not a scanner, a policeman or judge who checks
the actual laws will most likely find that what you count as not
a scanner is indeed a scanner.


PART 15_RADIO FREQUENCY DEVICES:
Sec. 15.3 Definitions.

(v) Scanning receiver. For the purpose of this part, this is a
receiver that automatically switches among two or more frequencies in
the range of 30 to 960 MHz and that is capable of stopping at and
receiving a radio signal detected on a frequency. Receivers designed
solely for the reception of the broadcast signals under part 73 of
this chapter, for the reception of NOAA broadcast weather band signals,
or for operation as part of a licensed service are not included in
this definition.

[CITE: 47CFR15.3] http://tinyurl.com/4g6g3
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The ECPA of 1986 prohibited the eavesdropping of cellular telephones,

CALEA amended 18 U.S.C =A7 2511 to prohibit the eavesdropping of
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Communications Assistance for Law Enforcement Act of 1994 (CALEA)
Public Law No. 103-414, 108 Stat. 4279 (10/25/1994)
also known as "The Digital Telephony Act".

103d CONGRESS, 2d Session
H=2E R. 4922 Sponsor: Rep Edwards, Don
S=2E2375 Sponsor: Sen Leahy, Patrick J
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TITLE 18 PART I CHAPTER 119 =A7 2511
=A7 2511. Interception and disclosure of wire, oral, or electronic
communications prohibited

http://tinyurl.com/3l579