s it illegal to have a reciever capable of tuning *any* shortwave freq - or
just law enforcement freqs?


well, the frequencies listed in the California law are used for international
shortwave broadcasting.

It was only certain frequency ranges. (I forget which. I'll look it up again
and post it here).

However, most shortwave recievers that I know of cover the entire shortwave
band anyways.

It would probably be hard to find one that doesn't have at least one range that
is blocked by California law.

As I understand it, the law was meant to protect police frequencies as you say.
But is outdated. However, is still on the books and stil the law in
California.

Whether they actually enforce it or not is another matter.

But since it's still in effect, you COULD be arrested for simply having a
shortwave reciiever in your car that covers those particular frequency ranges.

I'll soon post the banned frequency range in this thread.

Once again, this applies only to California.