20-427 Owner’s Manual Draft
providers. It is legal to listen to almost every transmission your scanner can receive.
However, there are some transmissions you should never intentionally listen to. These
include:
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Telephone conversations (cellular, cordless, or other private means of telephone signal
transmission)
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Pager transmissions
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Any scrambled or encrypted transmissions
According to the Electronic Communications Privacy Act (ECPA), you are subject to fines
and possible imprisonment for intentionally listening to, using, or divulging the contents of
such a transmission unless you have the consent of a party to the communication (unless
such activity is otherwise illegal).
This scanner has been designed to prevent reception of illegal transmissions. This is done
to comply with the legal requirement that scanners be manufactured so as to not be easily
modifiable to pick up those transmissions. Do not open your scanner’s case to make any
modifications that could allow it to pick up transmissions that are illegal to monitor. Doing
so could subject you to legal penalties.
In some areas, mobile use of this scanner is unlawful or requires a permit. Check the laws
in your area. It is also illegal in many areas to interfere with the duties of public safety
officials by traveling to the scene of an incident without authorization.
We encourage responsible, safe and legal scanner use.
glossary
Frequency – the receiving signal location (expressed in MHz). To find active frequencies,
you can use frequency guides available from your local RadioShack store, frequency listings
posted on the Internet, or the built-in search/stalker function.
Channels – programmable memory locations for the frequencies you want to monitor. Each
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