-> -> -> Ham licensees have no right to use a mobile scanner in a State
-> -> -> bans them in cars.
-> -> Well I don't know the law in your state, but the New York Vehicle
-> -> Traffic law section (397) on scanners says, "Nothing in this secti
-> -> contained shall be construed to apply to any person who holds a va
-> -> amateur radio operator's license issued by the federal communicati
-> -> commission and who operates a duly licensed portable mobile
-> -> transmitter and in connection therewith a receiver or receiving se
-> -> 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.
 And in many states that is the Actual Case. In those States you need
to have a Wide Band HAM unit to get your Scanning capabilities in a
Vehicle. And of Course have the HAM licence.
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