On 22 Dec 96 12:32pm, Troy H. Cheek wrote to Bill Funk:
 TH> Concerning _CORDLESSPHONES_, Bill Funk said to Peter Kirk in SCANRADIO:
 BF>> Also, your logic fails: the prohibition is against monitoring the
 BF>> cordless *calls*, not the frequencies.
 TH> That can't be right.  What if someone retransmits such a call on another
 TH> frequency?  Am I suddenly breaking the law by listening to it on my CB?
 "That can't be right"? Well, it *is* right. Sorry if this doesn't fit your
 notions of right and wrong, but it's fact nonetheless. Look it up, if you
 want to make me wrong.
  BF>> There are no public service stations on the cordless frequencies, in 
any
 BF>> rate (not in the US, anyway).
 TH> But aren't there police and other agencies broadcasting in the same
 TH> 40-50 MHz range as cordless phones?  I.e. locking out the range of
 TH> frequencies that cover cordless phones would also lock out these other
 TH> signals that are perfectly legal to listen to.
 But, that's not what I said, is it? Read it again: "There are no public
 service stations on the cordless frequencies..."
 I never said anything about anyone requiring the locking out of the band
 that includes cordless phones.
 What I said, and continue to say, is monitoring cordless phone calls (in the
 U.S.) is illegal.
Bill Funk:  Internet:  skypilot@starlink.com
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