On Tue, 3 May 2005 16:38:34 -0700, Dale Farnsworth <
dale@farnsworth.org>
wrote:
> On Tue, May 03, 2005 at 09:04:55PM +0000, stu wrote:
>> This may just be fat for the fire, but I recall a couple things from
>> my old
>> CB days that might be something of a precedent here:
>> The FCC allows a person the right to receive and interpret any given
>> transmission on their personal equipment no matter what the source,
>> provided
>> that the information so received is not rebroadcast, (or used for
>> illegal
>> purposes).
>
> This used to be true back when the Communications Act of 1935 was in
> force. Unfortunately, the Telecommunications Act of made it is illegal
> to listen to certain frequencies unless the signal is intended for you.
> For example, it is now illegal to use a scanner to listen to cellular
> telephone conversations.
>
> -Dale
> -----------------------------------------------------
Some state disallow police radar detectors. Not sure how that fits into
Federal vs. State.
Gene
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