Re: Channel 9: Disney to Scramble Fire Dispatches

You seem to have the "drift" of how the FCC works 8-)
As for smashing equipment, well, that's just rude! LOL But it doesn't
surprise me with "Homeland Security" and all that.
Like I said to Dillon, it's a matter of equipment usage, not the equipment
itself. Kind of like radar detectors in many states. You can buy them
everywhere, but they are illegal to use in many places.
--
M.Stepelton
http://StepeltonGallery.iwarp.com


"Rudeney" <rudeney@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:pIidnZ2dnZ0-d_CdnZ2dnfkXmd6dnZ2dRVn-zZ2dnZ0@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Dillon Pyron wrote:
>> Thus spake "MStepelton" <MStepelton@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> :
>>
>>> The article refers to General Broadcasting and interception of them.
>>> The regs on Official Police and Fire channels are much different.
>>> Trust me, you don't want to get caught scanning police channels by
>>> the police ( or FCC ).
>>
>> It's never been a problem in the past. Regulation of radio frequency
>> is handled entirely by the Feds, so the local police can have no say.
>>
>> My scanner can recieve police frequencies. You'd think that would be
>> prohibited, wouldn't you?
>
> Even though MSepelton says so, I can't find any information where the FCC
> has made using or owning analog scanners illegal. I do believe that
> decrypting an encrypted messages without permission is illegal, so that
> would be a problem. Even so, I did find that there are local and state
> laws prohibiting the use of these analog scanners in public, which would
> include using them at race tracks and in automobiles. Apparently, the FCC
> only regulates the "airwaves" and not the devices themselves, so that is
> where the locals have found a loophole. I even found some instances (in
> Kentucky, IIRC) where police were literally smashing the devices upon
> finding them in the crowds at a race. Of course this would violate the
> 14th amendment, so I am not sure if this is true or not, and if it is, it
> would seem that we would be hearing about it. You know what they say -
> you can't believe anything you hear and only half of what you see!
>
> --
>
> - RODNEY
>


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