Concerning _CORDLESSPHONES_, Bill Funk said to Troy H. Cheek in SCANRADIO:
 BF>>> Also, your logic fails: the prohibition is against monitoring the
 BF>>> cordless *calls*, not the frequencies.
 BF>
 TH>> That can't be right.  What if someone retransmits such a call on
 TH>> another frequency?  Am I suddenly breaking the law by listening to it 
n
 TH>> my CB?
 BF>
 BF> "That can't be right"? Well, it *is* right. Sorry if this doesn't fit
 BF> your notions of right and wrong,
How about "That doesn't make sense.", "That isn't logical.", "That doesn't 
jibe with what I've been told in the past.", "How did such a law come to pass 
without anyone mentioning it in this echo or any scanner-related magazine I 
read until nearly a year afterwards?"???  Take your pick.
 BF> but it's fact nonetheless. Look it up, if you want to make me wrong.
If I had easy access to it, I would.  Of course, if I did, I'd also offer to 
post a copy in the SCANRADIO echo, rather than just make repeated references 
to it.
Besides, you didn't answer my question.  What if someone retransmits a 
cordless phone call on another frequency?  According to what you're saying, 
and what others have claimed, if a phone is involved, it doesn't matter what 
frequency is being used, it's still illegal to monitor.  So what happens if 
someone uses a legal phone patch to send a conversation over a CB Radio 
frequency?  Over a HAM frequency?
What about baby monitors?  They use some cordless phone frequencies.  If the 
prohibition is actually against cordless phone conversations and not against 
the frequencies used, then is it legal to listen in on baby monitors?  What 
about people illegally transmitting on cellular frequencies?
 BF> But, that's not what I said, is it? Read it again: "There are no public
 BF> service stations on the cordless frequencies..."
 BF> I never said anything about anyone requiring the locking out of the band
 BF> that includes cordless phones.
You didn't, but others have.  I was mistaken in assuming you were one of the 
people making that claim.  My apologies.
So, if, as you say, monitoring cordless phones is just as illegal as 
monitoring cellular, why is it still legal to make and sell scanners that can 
pick up in the cordless range?
... Do you have a personal magnetic tape library?  Is it unlabelled?
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