Scanning Legally; Fcc Statement - Radio Shack PRO-651 User Manual

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 wireline
(telephone and telegraph) service 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:
• Telephone conversations (cellular, cordless,
or other means of private telephone signal
transmission)
• Paging transmissions
• Any intentionally decoded 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. We encourage responsible, legal scanner
use. 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.
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FCC Statement

This equipment has been tested and found to
comply with the limits for a scanning receiver,
pursuant to Part 15 of the FCC Rules. These limits
are designed to provide reasonable protection
against harmful interference in a residential
installation. This equipment generates, uses
and can radiate radio frequency energy and, if
not installed and used in accordance with the
instructions, may cause harmful interference
to radio communications. However, there is no
guarantee that interference will not occur in a
particular installation. If this equipment does cause
harmful interference to radio or television reception,
which can be determined by turning the equipment
off and on, the user is encouraged to try to correct
the interference by one or more of the following
measures:
• Reorient or relocate the receiving antenna.
• Increase the separation between the equipment
and receiver.
• Connect the equipment into an outlet on a
circuit different from that to which the receiver is
connected.
This device complies with Part 15 of the FCC Rules.
Operation is subject to the following two conditions:
1.)This device may not cause harmful interference.
2.)This device must accept any interference
received, including interference that may cause
undesired operation.
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