So yes, they have done at least as bad a thing to people who merely want to tinker with their radios and occasionally explore what is out there in the ether by passively and in private receiving radio signals as they have to gun owners,
The morons in congress responded to intercepts of cellphones. Because Newt was scanned. Response: outlaw *cellphones*... which are themselves typically programmable as scanners of cell freqs. And scanners and programmable RF receivers. Someone should pick up a congresscritter's monitor (a la van Eyk), then let them make fools of themselves banning television receivers... as video tempest receiving gear... [NB: since television Ch 83 overlaps with a cell-phone channel, TVs are already illegal under this law, no? Selling an old analog b/w TV is now punishable by 1/2 million fine... ] Are they going to ban IR lasers since they can be used to listen to window vibration? Remember Tacitus. ------------------------------------------------------------ David Honig Orbit Technology honig@otc.net Intaanetto Jigyoubu "I do believe that where there is a choice only between cowardice and violence, I would advise violence." Mahatma Gandhi