[BC] Pirates...Aaarghh!

[Ron Castro]

The DA is simply wrong, and in that case is does conflict with federal law 
and despite his pronouncements, the law is not enforceable.

Ron Castro
Chief Technical Officer
Results Radio, LLC


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Douglas B. Pritchett" <dpritchett1 at comcast.net>
To: "Broadcast Radio Mailing List" <broadcast at radiolists.net>
Sent: Wednesday, July 06, 2005 2:51 PM
Subject: Re: [BC] Pirates...Aaarghh!


>I have a newspaper article from the Traverse City Record Eagle quoting the 
>local district attorney as saying that a 2 meter ham rig is the same as a 
>police scanner in that public service frequencies may be monitored with the 
>rig. And that he will prosecute to the fullest extent of the law. They will 
>confiscate the rig and write the owner a ticket. What if your rig is in the 
>trunk packed in a suitcase? Well, if your car has what appears to be an 
>antenna for a 2 way, police will stop you and insist they have probable 
>cause to search your vehicle. If they find the rig packed away, you still 
>lose it.
> I no longer vacation in the Traverse City area, but do frequent the South 
> Haven area. It's less of a drive. And any rigs still stays home.
>
> -- 
> Douglas B. Pritchett
> Fort Wayne, IN
> dpritchett1 at comcast.net
>
>
> DANA PUOPOLO wrote:
>
>>So let me get this straight...
>>Radio is an interstate service, regulated and licensed by the federal
>>government, yet in Michigan you have to be a RESIDENT to operate a mobile 
>>ham
>>radio??!!
>>
>>Another states where the legislators' collective IQ's add up to 57 I 
>>see....
>>
>>
>
>
>
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