Steve,
SW>Well the way I read it in the US you are allowed to listen to
SW>anything as long as it is not specifically prohibited.
SW>Whats the situation in Canada.
        Well, you can listen to anything (for now) except to cellular
        phones which are in the 825 - 845 and 869 - 894 MHz bands.
        Canada is the same as us except they can listen to cellular
        telephones.  However, it is a crime to divulge what you hear
        over the scanner to anyone else, especially if it is in a
        commission of a crime or to make a profit from the info.  We
        have a big controversy going on here about some couple who
        intercepted a cellular phone call of New Gingrich, Speaker of
        the House, taped it, and turned it over to the House Ethics
        Committee.  I think there is more here myself.  It is sort of
        like our version of your "Squidgy Tapes" where somebody over in
        the UK intercepted a cellular phone call from Prince Charles a
        few years back.
SW>The police in the next county have publicly stated that if they
SW>catch anyone with a scanner they will check the memories and if
SW>they contain police frequencies they will prosecute
        It's a shame that it is like that.  I'm sure no one will come
        after you unless you call attention to yourself such as
        getting in the way of emergency personell if you chase police
        cars and ambulances.  Other than that, it is an unenforceable
        law.  Many times, the law tries to do the impossible and as
        my best friend always says, "the law is not sacrosanct"
        meaning "the law is not sacred."  The best thing to do is wear
        Walkman earphones and just say you are listening to a soccer
        game, the BBC, or your favorite radio program.
SW>At one time it was frowned on if you used a scanner at airports to
SW>monitor the traffic but the last time I was at Manchester I seem to
SW>remember reading that they allowed there use, but reserved the
SW>right to withdraw the permission if they wished.
        I carry my scanner with me everywhere, to Greater Pittsburgh
        Int'l Airport, the City/County Building and Allegheny County
        Courthouse in downtown Pittsburgh, to wherever, and no one
        bothers me. The most I get is people who are interested in
        what's going on.
Chuck, just some thoughts and impressions.....
DE KA3WRW
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