quoted 9 lines This is essentially US law, but there are a couple of refinements.>>This is essentially US law, but there are a couple of refinements.
>>A lot of old scanners belong to members of the public and I
>>believe that they were grandfathered in, i.e. not confiscated. It
>>is now illegal to manufacture and sell scanners. [...]
>>Alan.
>
>I didn't know that it is now illegal to manufacture and sell scanners.
>Are you sure this is right?
> --Brandon
As of last April, it's illegal to manufacture or import scanners that can
be "easily modified" (e.g., snip diode, pull jumper, cut trace) to receive
cellular transmissions. It's not illegal to modify a scanner, nor to own
a modified scanner. Actual monitoring of cellular calls is illegal (I think
this has been illegal since 1986?). But almost every (US) scanner receives
the frequencies used by _cordless_ phones, and the new law doesn't address
them at all (that I know of).
- Larry