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From: price@marlin.NOSC.MIL (James N. Price)
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Subject: Re: INPORTANT! HAMS, SWLS, SCANNER LISTENERS PLEASE READ!!!!
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Date: 2 Apr 91 00:26:31 GMT
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There are quite a few countries that ban reception of police and
fire frequencies.  One I know of for sure is Austria.  The way
it's policed is that a rep. from the "Austrian FCC" visits each
and every ham every so often, like every couple of years, and
checks over his/her equipment to make sure it's the same as the
list kept by the govt.  Any new equipment that isn't on the list
had better have been bought in Austria and have been reported to
the govt.

Obviously the U.S. won't afford such a heavy-handed policy.  But
what it does drive us to eventually (in the limit, so to speak) is
that hams and other "radio enthusiasts" will have only FCC type-
approved equipment that can receive/transmit only where one is
allowed to receive/transmit.

Lotsa strange things get lumped in with "crime prevention," don't
they?

--Jim, K6ZH