To the best of my knowledge, state and counties do NOT have the ability to
override Federal Communications law.
However, they often "interpret" federal law to their own "liking".
Having
been involved in Amateur Radio for years - I have seen a lot of attempts by
local "authorities" to limit radio and transmission use. Of course, when
there's an emergency - they think "hams" are wonderful - then they forget
about it later. Human nature at work. Sigh.
I'm not sure how it is in the rest of the world - but I suspect the same
issues exist - governments, as a matter of principle, don't like to have
citizens "eavesdropping" on what they are doing.
Lyle
On Friday 04 March 2005 23:39, Eric Smith wrote:
Lyle wrote:
While the Federal Communications Act permit the
reception of radio
signals by scanners, shortwave radios, etc. - there are exceptions to
that privilege in both federal and state laws.
All the exceptions you listed are part of Federal law. By what authority
can a state make it illegal for me to receive a transmission which
federal law allows?
Eric
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