Newsgroups: sci.electronics
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From: henry@zoo.toronto.edu (Henry Spencer)
Subject: Re: POLICE hand-held RADAR units
Message-ID: <1991Feb19.222112.24558@zoo.toronto.edu>
Organization: U of Toronto Zoology
References: <1991Feb12.035201.16098@nntp-server.caltech.edu> <2470014@hp-vcd.HP.COM> <1991Feb14.015812.14576@nntp-server.caltech.edu> <3498@casbah.acns.nwu.edu>
Date: Tue, 19 Feb 1991 22:21:12 GMT

In article <3498@casbah.acns.nwu.edu> squishy@casbah.acns.nwu.edu (Shishin Yamada) writes:
>Are these government frequencies? Does FCC Part 15a apply to a radar signal
>generator (ie jammer)? ...

There are a variety of users in that general band, but I think police radar
is the only authorized user of the specific set of frequencies used.  Mind
you, the receiver on the radar's input probably isn't that selective, and
could probably be jammed by a frequency outside the police allocation.

However, interfering with a police officer in the performance of his duties
is a *serious* crime, the sort that results in jail and a criminal record
rather than just a traffic ticket and more expensive insurance.  Don't
expect the police to have a sense of humor about deliberate jamming; they
will throw the book at you.  At the very least, you'd better have a lawyer
picked out before trying it.
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