On 6 Jan 97 11:24pm, Matt Smith wrote to Bill Funk:
BF>> RS>> America does not produce scanners, they're imported like all
BF>> RS>> electronic
BF>> RS>> things.  None are being imported since the ban.
BF>> 
BF>>  MS>     Just like in Russia, owning a radio receiver is illegal.
BF>> 
BF>>  Really?
BF>>  Then who do all those domestic Russian radio stations transmit to?
 MS>     Listening to _Russian_ government stations was allowed.
 MS>     Totalitarian regimes severely limit radio receivers.  All those
 MS>     sold in North Korea are limited to the frequency used by government
 MS>     propaganda.
 Backpeddle faster, I can still catch you...
 This was about radio receivers being illegal in Russia, not limited to
 certain frequencies in North Korea.
 If radio receivers are illegal in Russia, how can the Russian citizens
 listen to even *Russain* transmitters?
 Besides, if receivers are illegal in Russia are illegal, how do Russain HAMs
 operate??
 This gets to the point where trying to defend the statement that receivers
 are illegal in Russia becomes indefensable.
 Let's stop trying, OK?
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