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Old May 13th 04, 03:01 PM
Michael Black
 
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"AbbN" ) writes:
Hi,

I've never heard of license for SW receivers. When I was young my parents
and most of my relatives had SW receivers - they were very popular then. In
the mid 60's I use to listen to my parents Zenith Trans Oceanic. You needed
a license for a CB way back then - perhaps that's what you were thinking of.

Take Care
Abb N
VE3003SWL
Windsor, Ontario, Canada

No, there was a time when every(?) receiver in Canada did require a "license".
This would have been similar to the license for receivers that they have
in the UK. In both cases, it's not about registering a radio, but about
collecting a levy to pay for pay broadcasting.

I really have no details of this in Canada, other than it did happen decades
ago. The family radio when I was growing up had a license on the inside of
the case, which is where I first learned of the rule in the early seventies
when I became interested in radio. Obviously, the license requirement had
not been in place for some years.

Michael

"Brenda Ann Dyer" wrote in message
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"AbbN" wrote in message
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Hey,

All my SW receivers were bought here. I think you got taken. If it were
illegal, Radio Shack Canada wouldn't be allowed to sell them. See for
yourself:



http://www.radioshack.ca/estore/Cate...g=Radi oShack

When I go to the U.S., I register anything I take over there that may

give
me problems coming back, just to prove they came from Canada



The only possible reason for this actually happening that I can think of
would have been a very long time ago, when Canada required a radio

license..
but I'm not sure that applied to SW radios, or if it applied to tourists.







 
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