Re: New HA product development

["Joel Kolstad" <JKolstad71HatesSpam@xxxxxxxxx>]

"gwhite" <rank@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message news:42BA0C35.102355C9@xxxxxxxxxxxx
> > Ah, well TRANSMITTING on the police bands is another issue.  That
certainly is
> > illegal (for your friend).
> I believe true maydays are never illegal on any band.

Yes, I meant "transmitting on the police bands in general."  Sorry for the
confusion.

> The point is that context itself can define criminality.

In general I agree with you, but I think that modifying a radio to transmit on
police bands -- and then using it to do so -- is a pretty cut and dry case of
breaking the law. :-)  Although I would say that, if the modification were
made on the spur of the moment (e.g., you're out in the middle of nowhere in a
cabin that happens to have a ham radio, you break your leg, and if somehow you
can't manage to bring up another ham :-), you instead modify the radio to
transmit out of band), the violation would likely be overlooked.