User's Manual
Table Of Contents
6
SCANNING
LEGAL
L
Y
Scanning
L
egally
Your scanner covers frequencies used
by many
different
groups
including
police and
fire
departments, ambulance
services,
government
agencies, private companies, amateur radio
services,
military
operations, pager services, and
wireline
(telephone and telegraph) service providers.
It
is
legal
to
listen
to
almost every transmission
your scanner
can receive. However, there are some
transmissions
you
should never
intentionally
listen
to.
These
include:
•
Telephone conversations
(cellular,
cordless,
or
other
means of
private telephone
signal
transmission)
•
Paging
transmissions
•
Any
intentionally
decoded scrambled
or encrypted
transmissions
According
to the
Electronic Communications
Privacy
Act (ECPA),
you are subject
to
fines and
possible
imprisonment
for
intentionally listening to, using,
or
divulging the
contents
of
such a transmission
unless
you have
the
consent
of
a party
to the communication
(unless such activity is otherwise illegal). This
scanner
has been designed
to
prevent reception
of illegal
transmissions. This is done
to
comply
with the legal
requirement
that
scanners
be manufactured
so as
to
not
be easily
modifiable
to
pick
up
those
transmissions.
Do
not
open your scanner’s case
to
make
any
modifications
that
could
allow it to
pick
up
transmissions
that
are illegal
to monitor.
Doing
so
could subject you
to
legal penalties. We
encourage
responsible, legal scanner use.
In
some areas,
mobile
use
of
this scanner is
unlawful or
requires a
permit.
Check
the
laws
in
your area.
It
is also illegal
in many
areas
to
interfere
with the
duties
of public safety
officials
by
traveling
to the
scene
of
an
incident
without authorization.
DRAFT