[Yaesu] re FT-90 to rec cell freq

[paul]

hi dean, cell phone privacy laws were never intended to stop folks like you
and me from listening to the "neighbors".  it is intended to prevent
business espionage and or privileged information from falling into the wrong
hands..  if , for example, you put your competitor out of business and it
could somehow be proven that you "stole" proprietary information thru "cell
taps" you would then be facing "slammer time"  regards  paul w8jn
----- Original Message -----
From: "W Dean Milner" <ve1cbf@rac.ca>
To: "Jon Ogden" <na9d@speakeasy.net>; "Mike Urich" <ka5cvh@ka5cvh.com>;
<yaesu@mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Wednesday, February 12, 2003 1:45 PM
Subject: Re: [Yaesu] re FT-90 to rec cell freq


> At 2003-02-12 Wednesday 11:52 AM -0600, Jon Ogden wrote:
>
> >I think Canadian laws on listening to frequencies are much more liberal
than
> >ours.  In fact, I think the Canadian position is that if it's on the
> >airwaves than anyone can listen to in including using descramblers, etc.
>
> Not quite. Cellular telephones are specifically protected by both radio
> regulations and more directly by a specific section of the criminal code
> regarding "private communications".
>
> While it is certainly possible to listen, and hundreds of people do, and
it
> is seldom enforced it is illegal and in the unlikely event that a
complaint
> were filed and acted on, the penalties, since they are in the criminal
> code, can be severe.
>
> Besides, I should hope that someone who can afford an FT90 (and hopefully
> has a licence) would have better things to do with their time than listen
> to other people's phone conversations.
>
> Just my 2 cents worth.
>
> 73, Dean
> VE1CBF
>
>
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