In a message to Bud Jamison, Ben Bass wrote:
-> Ham licensees have no right to use a mobile scanner in a State that
-> bans them in cars.
 BB> Well I don't know the law in your state, but the New York Vehicle
 BB> and Traffic law section (397) on scanners says, "Nothing in this
 BB> section contained shall be construed to apply to any person who
 BB> holds a valid amateur radio operator's license issued by the federal
 BB> communications commission and who operates a duly licensed portable
 BB> mobile transmitter and in connection therewith a receiver or
 BB> receiving set on frequencies exclusively allocated by the federal
    ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
 BB> communications commission to duly licensed radio amateurs."
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But if you've got a scanner that receives non-ham frequencies, you've had it.
       Cheers,
           Rich
http://www.netside.net/~rveraa/
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