-> -> Ham licensees have no right to use a mobile scanner in a State tha
-> -> bans them in cars.
->
-> Well I don't know the law in your state, but the New York Vehicle and
-> Traffic law section (397) on scanners says, "Nothing in this section
-> contained shall be construed to apply to any person who holds a valid
-> amateur radio operator's license issued by the federal communications
-> commission and who operates a duly licensed portable mobile
-> transmitter and in connection therewith a receiver or receiving set
-> on frequencies exclusively allocated by the federal communications
-> commission to duly licensed radio amateurs."
A 'duly licensed' transmitter is NOT a scanner, nor is a receiver that
operates on 'frequencies exclusively allocated to radio amateurs'.
FCC regulations, which supercede local laws, ONLY cover Ham radios, NOT
scanners. Local laws CAN outlaw scanners in cars, and the Feds don't get
involved.
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