On 16 Sep 96 11:32pm, Blake Bowers wrote to Jonathan Guy:
 JG>>     In Tennessee Amateur Radio Operators are issued Emergency license
 JG>> plates with their Call as the tag number (oh, you do have to request
 JG>> this kind of plate, but it is the same cost as a generic tag).  I say
 JG>> that if the state issues an emergency tag to my vehicle, then my
 JG>> vehicle falls under the
 JG>> "government service" clause.   :)
 BB> No need for it to, as there is exception for FCC licensed Amatuer Radio
 BB> Operators in the law....
 No there isn't.
 What there is, instead, is a provision for *amateur radio equipment* that
 can scan the public safety freqs.
 Scanners are not amateur radio equipment. Both the FCC and the ARRL have
 been quite specific on this point.
Bill Funk:  Internet:  skypilot@starlink.com
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