--- In digitalradio@yahoogroups.com, Dan Hensley <kc9...@...> wrote: > > Be careful with scanning the Illinois State Police systems in Illinois, while > on the Illinois side of the border! Rep. Dan Brady has brought forth > legislation that is very blurry and at the end of the proposed law states to > the effect that "Access to the Illinois State Police Radio System is by > written authorization of the originator of the broadcast." > > This proposal does not define what "access" for these purposes means. I, and > others are hoping this is only to keep unauthorized transmissions off of the > system and not to ban scanning the system altogether.
Actually, the proposal does define "access" quite specifically to mean obtaining any transceiver that can transmit on the system without authorization. > CARMA (Chicago Area Radio Monitoring Association) has posted their public > reply to Dan Brady on their site, and has pointed out that there are already > sufficient laws to take care of the things that Dan Brady is pursuing. The > overall tone of the bill seems to be to end internet re-broadcasts of the > Starcom21 system, but again, the bill goes into very confusing language as it > gets to the middle and end of the bill. If it passes, it will be dangerous > precedent for us all. The language is only "confusing" if one is searching for anti-scanner motivations. There are none, and Internet rebroadcasting is not mentioned at all in there. 73 de Dave, NF2G
