[BC] Pirates...Aaarghh!

[Douglas B. Pritchett]

I have a newspaper article from the Traverse City Record Eagle quoting 
the local district attorney as saying that a 2 meter ham rig is the same 
as a police scanner in that public service frequencies may be monitored 
with the rig. And that he will prosecute to the fullest extent of the 
law. They will confiscate the rig and write the owner a ticket. What if 
your rig is in the trunk packed in a suitcase? Well, if your car has 
what appears to be an antenna for a 2 way, police will stop you and 
insist they have probable cause to search your vehicle. If they find the 
rig packed away, you still lose it.
I no longer vacation in the Traverse City area, but do frequent the 
South Haven area. It's less of a drive. And any rigs still stays home.

-- 
Douglas B. Pritchett
Fort Wayne, IN
dpritchett1 at comcast.net


DANA PUOPOLO wrote:

>So let me get this straight...
>Radio is an interstate service, regulated and licensed by the federal
>government, yet in Michigan you have to be a RESIDENT to operate a mobile ham
>radio??!!
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>Another states where the legislators' collective IQ's add up to 57 I see....
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