Hi Frank ... on 9 Jan 97 you were asking Nathan,
 FG> NB> They just don't want everyone driving to Canada to buy
 FG> NB> scanners.  It's still legal there.  Besides,
 FG> But are the scanners sold there cell-unblocked?
No ... the new ones are sold with the cellular blocked.
 FG> Or am I wrong?  Could I just walk into a Radio Shack in Canada,
 FG> punch in a cell frequency in one of their rigs (assuming it covers
 FG> above 512 mhz at all, of course), and not see it rejected?
Yes and no :-)  Not a Radio Shack!  However, many communications dealers
openly advertise in the newspapers for full cellular coverage scanners.
I purchased a fully guaranteed "refurbished" Bearcat BC200-XLT one year
ago with all the frequencies fully operational from a local retail
communications store here in Richmond, B.C.
Of course, I wouldn't want any of my American friends to even think that
I would be interested in listening to any of those verboten frequencies :-))
Bye for now ... Bob
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