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Marc

Saxon

EIN-

SCANNERS

"Betcha" don't see scanners like

this

everyday

You DON'T

SEE TOO MANY

HAND -

held

scanners that

are sophisticated

enough

to cover all the

way

to the

800 MHz band

(where the cellular tele-

phones live).

A recent release,

carrying

the label

AR800 does. This "do-

hicky"

tackles the 800 -MHz band,

well

hefty swathe

of other frequencies "ta

boot."

The

complete frequency

range of the

AR800 is 30 to

MHz,

118 to 136

MHz,

140 to 174 MHz, 436

to 174

MHz, 436

to 512 MHz and 830

to 950

MHz. That

provides 20- channel

coverage of police,

fire, business,

in-

dustrial,

maritime, land /air

transporta-

tion, and emergency services

well

all of those

new services on 800 MHz.

Twenty

front -panel keys

allow the

user

to operate the

unit

with

ease, and

side-

lighted LCD

display keeps you in-

formed

what's

happening

in respect

to channels and frequencies,

scan

delay

and channel

lockouts, etc. The unit

also

provides scan /search

capabilities.

The scanner

carries a price

tag of

$259,

and includes rechargeable

bat-

teries, a battery

charger, carrying

loop,

rubberized

antenna with

a BNC

-type

connector

and ruggedized

case. It

weighs

only 19 ounces,

and measures

about two

by five inches, soit

can easily

dropped into

an average size

coat

pocket.

More information

on the AR800

can

be obtained from

Ace

Communica-

tions,

Monitor Division,

10707 East

106th

Street, Indianapolis,

IN 46256.

Can of

Peas

Several recent letters

have mentioned

that some scanner

instruction

books

make

casual reference

to the fact that

there may be

ordinances in effect that

regulate the use of scanners

vehicles,

but

they never go on to explain further.

The hope was

that

such

ordinances

would

have been spelled out in

detail.

The reason for the

vagueness

is that

the topic is a real can of peas that is

rough one to open. That's mainly be-

cause

there are several hundred

local,

county, and state regulations in

all. No

matter where

you're located, a hundred

miles away the regulations

are probably

different.

What's

worse,

some regula-

tions

seem

to conflict

with

others

estab-

lished for

the

same

locality, and some

ordinances

are

simply

too

vague

to al-

low them to be

pinned down to one

exact

meaning.

One state

has an ordinance

that says

that a scanner

can't be installed

vehicle,

but

doesn't define what

they

mean by "installed."

One

guess

was

that if

a handheld scanner was

lying on

the front seat

and

being powered from

plug in

the

vehicle's

cigarette lighter,

then it was

installed.

However, if the

same

set was

own inter-

nal batteries

then the scanner wasn't

The AR800 handheld scanner covers the

800

-MHz

band (where

the

cellular telephones

live),

as well as a hefty

swath of other

frequencies (30 to 50 MHz, 118 to 136 MHz,

140 to

174 MHz, 436 to 174 MHz. 436

to 512

MHz and 830 to 950

MHz),

providing 20-

channel

coverage of

police. fire,

business,

industrial, maritime, land air transportation.

and emergency services.

installed in

the

vehicle, it was

simply

being

transported therein. That

was

the

guess of someone we

asked at the state's

motor

vehicle

bureau -but it was

pure

speculation

on their part.

Another ordinance notes

that you can

have

a scanner

your

vehicle

only if a

special authorization

permit is ob-

tained.

Unfortunately, no state, county,

or local agency questioned had

the

fog-

giest

notion as to

what

that permit

was

called or the name of

the agency that

issued same.

Still another state takes

the

vague

approach by stating

that nobody except

licensed hams

can have a mobile re-

ceiver that is capable of receiving fre-

quencies used by police

agencies. They

fail

to explain

why

licensed hams

would

have more reason

wish

to monitor

police

transmissions than anybody

else. And, since many police

agencies

operating

on limited- access highways

are equipped

for CB channels 9 and 19,

the

way

the ordinance is

worded,

could be interpreted

as making mobile

CBs

illegal.

Therefore,

those manufacturers

who

offer only

a brief mention to such mat-

ters are doing

about all they can under

the circumstances. They

put the user on

notice that such

restrictive ordinances

do exist so that users might

pursue the

matter further on

their own. The user

will

then

presumably have to sort out

and interpret

the patchwork quilt of

vague

and often conflicting laws, and

then try to find out the extent that they

are actually

being enforced.

Many police officers confess that it's

rare

that someone actually gets hassled

about

mobile scanner,

unless it's sus-

pected

of having

been used

connec-

tion

with

a felony.

Let's hear from our readers with

questions, suggestions, photos, listen-

ing tips, etc.

Write

to us at: "Marc

Saxon,"

Saxon

Scanners,

Hands -

on Electronics, 500 -B Bi

-County Bou-

levard, Farmingdale, NY 11735.

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