Talk:Scanner (radio)
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Do any countries REALLY have capital punishment for possession of a radio scanner? This seems like a pretty absurd notion. Perhaps the author didn't know what capital punishment is? Okay, I no-one has replied and Google gives no connection between radio scanners and capital punishment, so I'm going to edit the page.
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[edit] Frequency ban
Does anybody know exactly what the ban says or anything else about it? It seems kind of pointless now considering I haven't seen an analog cellphone in years.
This article is unfairly judgemental of lawyers, associating them wither criminals. I suggest a boycott of criminals.
I response to the above unsigned post ^^- All scanners manufactured
or imported into the U.S.A must not be able to receive the frequencies cellphones use. They are not simply blocked out, but the scanners are built not to recieve them. Cheers :-) Bennyboyz3000 10:37, 15 December 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Illegality
In the United Kingdom and France, it is illegal to listen to almost anything outside amateur radio and mid-wave AM/FM stations in the broadcast band.
I'd like to see precise information as to which laws prohibit radio scanners in France, because I have not been able to find any. David.Monniaux 15:29, 5 September 2005 (UTC)
Check out www.nzscanners.org.nz for information on scanning in NZ . ( TD ) 222.153.21.203 07:32, May 16, 2006
[edit] Illegality ... in Mexico
What about in México? I was there with a Radio Shack scannner, and I was told by my Mexican friends that scanners were illegal there. The authorities there never discovered that I possessed one; so, I never knew for sure. (20 November 2005)
[edit] preventing scanners from being modified
Does anyone know how companies prevent their scanners from being modified? This Totse article allegedly shows how to modify scanners, and I'm curious as to why people think that doing so is impossible. --Ixfd64 02:52, 30 July 2006 (UTC)
- As long as the scanner's receiving range is limited by discrete components, it remains possible to modify by removing or replacing those components. The best protection against modification would be to incorporate the frequency blocking circuitry into an IC, making modification much more difficult. --Altailji 03:18, 30 July 2006 (UTC)
Newer CPU controlled receivers have their range set by the CPUs firmware/software. Some of these newer radios allow "region" setttings to be controlled by the presence or absence of components on their motherboard. The US has really cracked down on the manufactures these days and US bought radios are mostly (100% as far as I know) impossiable to modify these days. In the old days, the frequency range was usually controlled by descrete components. These could almost always be modified to allow wider band reception. --Bagmouse7 15:35, 30 December 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Orange County
In the legal issues section, 68.123.152.29 added (most notably all law enforcement agencies in Orange County, California), but failed to make it clear why Orange county was "most notable". I removed it. 69.224.164.131 added (Orange County, CA encrypts all of its law enforcement radio communications, for example), which is better stated. However, the edit summary was this: "Guess you're not from the OC, are you? Please do not remove."
Two points:
1. No, I'm not from "The OC". It doesn't matter. This article does not and should not center on a particular county or agency.
2. "Please do not remove" doesn't protect any contirbution from scrutiny or removal.
PrometheusX303 00:01, 26 August 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Do we have to include "criminals"
The page has the following sentence: Popular amongst hobbyists, reporters, corporate spies, criminals and lawyers, scanners allow chosen frequencies to be stored in memory banks to allow them to be monitored later and will only stop scanning when there is a signal strong enough to break the radio's squelch setting.
Do we have to include "criminals" in this? I will admit, it is funny how the original author wrote "criminals and lawyers"! What do you guys think? Can we delete the word criminals? —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Bagmouse7 (talk • contribs) 15:23, 30 December 2006 (UTC).
- In as much as hobbyists, reporters, etc can also be criminals and any tool (cars, crowbars, flashlights) can be misused with criminal intent, it seems to me that including criminals as a specified class of user may not be necessary. Anyone else care to weigh in on this? -- Rydra Wong 07:50, 7 January 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Pictures
The handheld scanners look great. Does anybody have pics of desktop and mobiles scanners as well? It would be useful in showing variety. Prometheus-X303- 22:08, 15 March 2007 (UTC)
