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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 ... "AbbN" wrote in message ... 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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