Re: New HA product development

[TheGlimmerMan <justaglimmer@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Thu, 23 Jun 2005 15:47:28 -0500, John Fields
<jfields@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

>On Thu, 23 Jun 2005 13:44:37 -0700, "Joel Kolstad"
><JKolstad71HatesSpam@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>>"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.
>
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>But the radio would be confiscated!^)


 The cops are not that bright.  There would have to be an FCC guy hanging
around at the scene.