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Posted: Fri Aug 05, 2005 12:02 am 
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If you hav either a scanner or cb/scanner can the police tell if you are listening to them (i.e)if being followed or drive past a police car can they tell like they know if you are operating a radar detector?

 

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Posted: Fri Aug 05, 2005 12:04 am 
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i dont think so, because your scanner shouldnt be transmitting any signals?

 

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Posted: Fri Aug 05, 2005 12:16 am 
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I have a incar uhf which is capable of recive only from 465 to 485mhtz & my mate got told that the coppers radio will beep when they get close to a car that is reciving oh well he must be full of s**t

 

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Posted: Fri Aug 05, 2005 12:22 am 
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im sure some one here is in the police
we have a qld police trainee, he might be able to tell ya

 

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Posted: Fri Aug 05, 2005 12:22 am 
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the only way they will know is if you have your window down and they drive next to you and here themselves on the radio from your car lol

 

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Posted: Fri Aug 05, 2005 12:35 am 
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Posted: Fri Aug 05, 2005 12:37 am 
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I dont think the law has changed in NSW, but its not an offence to listen only if you make money from it.

 

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Posted: Fri Aug 05, 2005 12:41 am 
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yeh im pretty sure i read that for vic too

 

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Posted: Fri Aug 05, 2005 1:17 am 
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I dont think the law has changed in NSW, but its not an offence to listen only if you make money from it.


kinda right there, except it extends to using it for personal gain, ie. evading police and if they wanna be pricks they can say you are listening to it for entertainment which is personal gain, but you would have to be stopped by a cop in a real bad mood to be hit with that. all goverment freq's are publicly listed so you are allowed to listen to them, of cause army and asio kinda stuff isnt listed, lol.

 

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Posted: Fri Aug 05, 2005 1:25 am 
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i do believe army use a different band to cops
normal car uhf is called a CB, civilian band i believe

army use militry band
when i was playing around with the old ravens, we never picked up any civilan s**t on that, so i think it may be true what i say

 

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Posted: Fri Aug 05, 2005 5:02 am 
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i belive in qld it is the only state where it is illegal to listen to the police radio? they use a digital signal so ive been told...

and it is also not illegal to listen in, but as someon else not, not for personal gain, and you are not allowed to act on any information heard so ive been told.

i dont think they can tell unless they physically see the scanner, a radar detector sends out laser and radar signal to detect radars, thus being detectable. scanners on the other hand, are only recieving unprotected free air signal which are going in any direction, so they ar enot aimed anywhere, so no, they wouldnt be able to, unless you press your little button which plays that funny be blop be what ever sound

 

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Posted: Fri Aug 05, 2005 10:31 am 
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It is not illegal to listen to police chatter on either a scanner or scanning transceiver, it IS illegal to transmit on the designated frequencies.

The act that covers the use and abuse of transmitting devices is the telecommunications act, and as the police frequencies are in a range that is designated commercial, you can listen in.

As was ststed before, it is illegal to use information for personal gain, but that is for things like hearing that ther is a fire somewhere and going along to raid the pantry while the owners aren't home. Tow truck companies are freely allowed to listen in to scanners for the location of accidents, etc but that is not 'personal gain' that is commercial gain and these are commercial frequencies......

My missus was a copper for 12 years, I have to tahnk her for her input.

 

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Posted: Fri Aug 05, 2005 11:37 am 
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Fat lot of good my standard UHF Scanner has been up here in Brisbane as I found out the Police use Digital and I would have to upgrade to a fancier and more costly unit to hear them up here!

 

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Posted: Tue Aug 09, 2005 12:14 am 
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it does not matter cause there are all going digital soon and it will be a s**t load more complex to ears drop. also in vic there had private stings on street racing where there did not use radio at all.

 

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Posted: Tue Aug 09, 2005 3:49 pm 
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it does not matter cause there are all going digital soon and it will be a s**t load more complex to ears drop. also in vic there had private stings on street racing where there did not use radio at all.


I had no problems monitoring all digital police communications last time I was in Victoria.

 

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