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From: mcovingt@athena.cs.uga.edu (Michael A. Covington)
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Subject: Re: INPORTANT! HAMS, SWLS, SCANNER LISTENERS PLEASE READ!!!!
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Date: 2 Apr 91 15:21:25 GMT
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In article <8337@crash.cts.com> skipsand@crash.cts.com (Skip Sanders) writes:
>Ref: FCC "can't regulate recievers" idea...
>The FCC is charged with enforcing international treaties on radio, and there
>just happens to be one such treaty requiring signatories to prohibit their
>citizens from monitoring "utility" (that is, non-broadcast) radio stations
>of any type... so yes, FCC COULD (if the CongressCrooks weren't against it)
>regulate to prohibit scanners of all types, other than weather recievers...
>fun, no?

I never heard of that treaty. What is it called and when was it signed?
And why would the United States sign such a thing?

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