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Scanning Legally
Your scanner covers frequencies used by many different
groups, including police and fire departments, ambulance
services, government agencies, private companies, amateur
radio services, military operations, pager services, and wire
line (telephone and telegraph) service providers. It is legal to
listen to almost every transmission your scanner can receive.
However, there are some transmissions that you should never
intentionally listen to. These include:
• Telephone conversations (cellular, cordless, or other private
means of telephone signal transmission)
• Pager transmissions
• 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 conversation unless you have the consent of a party to
the conversation (unless such activity is otherwise illegal).
This scanner has been designed to prevent the reception of
cellular telephone transmissions and the decoding of
scrambled transmissions. This is done to comply with the
legal requirement that scanners be manufactured so they are
not easy to modify to pick up these 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. Modifying or tampering with your scanner's internal
components or using it in a way other than as described in
this manual could invalidate your warranty and void your FCC
authorization to operate it.
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 (and a bad idea everywhere) to interfere with
the duties of public safety officials by traveling to the scene of
an incident without authorization.
Uniden ® and Bearcat ® are registered trademarks of Uniden
America Corporation.
TrunkTracker is a proprietary trademark of Uniden America
Corporation.
Other trademarks used throughout this manual are the
property of their respective holders.
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