[MilCom] Re: RR.com and security issues

[Larry Van Horn, N5FPW]

I could not have said it better Tom except for one caveat.

> If the submitter determined the information via
> monitoring, no one has broken any laws unless the
> frequencies in question are specifically verboten,

There is only one frequency range that is verboten,

869-891/824-846 MHz

Everthing else in the radio spectrum if fair game unless the comms are 
encrypted and under the ECPA it is illegal to monitor or build a decoder and 
monitor such communications.

That is the reason why most of the HOKA and WAVECOM decoders are illegal for 
sale here in the US. They have modes in them that are taboo for monitoring 
here in the US (Pager, INMARSAT digital etc).

And to those folks who wrote us back then and said that MT was over reacting 
about ECPA 1986, and it would never have any enforcement teeth or major 
effect on radio monitoring, what do you think of it now?  I doubt any of 
those jerks or even in the hobby anymore cause they can no longer monitor 
cellphone calls. ;-)) Sorry bout that, I couldn't resist.

Anybody hear any 380-400 MHz LMR comms from their location?

73 de Chief

Larry Van Horn, N5FPW
ATC (AW)      USN (Ret)
MT Milcom/Help Desk Columnist
Assistant Editor Monitoring Times
Blog Address: http://mt-milcom.blogspot.com/
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