[Yaesu] re FT-90 to rec cell freq

Thu, 13 Feb 2003 17:04:00 -0400

At 2003-02-12 Wednesday 11:47 PM -0500, paul wrote:

>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

While that may be true, and indeed is the case as regards the Radio Act=20
(intercepted communications may not be divulged or used) the wording of the=
=20
Criminal Code, on the other hand, is very specific and makes no distinction=
=20
based on intended use of information received,only on the interception of a=
=20
private/priviledged communication.

73, Dean
VE1CBF

>----- Original Message -----
>From: "W Dean Milner" <[email protected]>
>To: "Jon Ogden" <[email protected]>; "Mike Urich" <[email protected]>;
><[email protected]>
>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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