I would think that law enforcement would need to have a search warrant to check
the radio to see if it transmits on the law enforcement frequencies. I would
also say they are over stepping the legal boundaries if they asked if the radio
could transmit on law enforcement frequencies. Which frequencies would they be
talking about, low band,vhf, uhf and 800 meg?
As a volunteer fire fighter I have several law enforcement channels included in
the radios as back ups for emergency operations if the fire repeaters do not
work. As we need to have constant communications with the dispatch center. We
have used them before when we were out of range of the fire repeaters. A few
people have used them for primary communications when they could not reach 911
in an emergency, so we were covered and dispatch was happy to receive timely
updates as the situation changed before law enforcement arrived.
Have a wonderful day, Butch, KE7FEL/r
To: Repeater-Builder@yahoogroups.com
From: p...@chargertech.com
Date: Sat, 1 May 2010 10:07:06 -0500
Subject: Re: [Repeater-Builder] Re: A warning to Land Mobile Radio Dealers
You mean during a traffic stop? or incidental chit-chat? I'm assuming you
mean during a stop.
Here in Minnesota I would politely hand him the copies of our state's
'scanner law' that exempts Hams and of my FCC license that I keep in my
glovebox. And then be ready to wish him a good day when he realizes he has
absolutely nothing to say under the law about any of the type accepted,
unmodified radio equipment I have in my vehicle.
Paul - KC0HST
----- Original Message -----
From: "AA8K73 GMail"
Sent: Saturday, May 01, 2010 8:44 AM
Subject: Re: [Repeater-Builder] Re: A warning to Land Mobile Radio Dealers
>
>
> What will you say when an law enforcement person looks in your
> vehicle and says, "What's that radio? Does it receive or
> transmit on police frequencies?"
>
>
> Mike - AA8K
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