I challenge anyone here to show me in the FCC regulations that it
illegal to sell a scanning receiver that was manufactured prior to
April 1994.

The FCC stated in Section 15, CFR 47, "...Further, scanning receivers
that comply with the current rules will be permitted to be
manufactured or imported into the United States for up to one hundred
and eighty days after publication of this Report and Order in the
Federal Register. However, equipment manufactured or imported into
the United States after one hundred and eighty days from the date of
publication of this Report and Order in the Federal Register must
comply with the new rules." Further........

Section 15.37 Transition provisions for compliance with the rules.

(f) The manufacture or importation of scanning receivers, and
frequency converters designed or marketed for use with scanning
receivers, that do not comply with the provisions of § 15.121(a)(1)
shall cease on or before April 26, 1994. Effective April 26, 1993,
the Commission will not grant equipment authorization for receivers
that do not comply with the provisions of § 15.121(a)(1). This
paragraph does not prohibit the sale or use of authorized receivers
manufactured in the United States, or imported into the United States,
prior to April 26, 1994.

This makes it pretty clear that selling a BC200XLT does not in any way
violate Section 15 of CFR 47. USING the scanner to listen to cellular
frequencies is another matter, and is prohibited.

Ref: FCC 99-58, dated March 29, 1999

Dick - W6CCD


On Sat, 7 Feb 2004 01:50:24 +0100 (CET), Nomen Nescio
wrote:

In article
Donnie look me up @ qrz.com wrote:

It doesn't have to say cell. If you would know that the 800 mhz band is
cell, you can just assume it's in there if not blocked adn you didn't say
anything about blocked. Don't be such a dick when a guy is trying to
explain something to you. YOu end up with some attitude adn some
reference to a cat which makes no sense and makes you sound like the lid.
Some post also ask if this was a trunking scanner? If it's not trunked,
you're going to sell a basically worthless piece of gear because,
excluding cell in the 800 meg band, the only other thing there of
interest is police and they are practically all, trunked.
The guy is trying to say it's against the law to sell equipment that is
not blocked for illegal freqs like the 800 meg band, that's all. He then
says you are selling a radio for a premium price that isn't going to copy
much of what is going on with the 800 meg band. Pure and simple since
you're talking about simple.
YOu mention lid but if you are not aware of cell blocked 800 mhz
requirments and trunked capabilities that your radio doesn't have, you
might be the lid.
If you have bad day, keep it to yourself and don't be a dick to the whole
world.