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Last minute notice from work.... Leave Sunday any info on laws. I will be in Paris
Thats what I thought... Oh well take a few extra DVD's with me to pass the timeac7xc said:except for Broadcasts & ham radio all scanning receiving is illegal in France.
In the course of flying you'd probably be OK listening to airband. If you were sat on your hotel balcony listening then you'd fall foul of the law.t_pasha said:What about air frequencies? If u have a Restricted Aeronautical Licence from Canada?
I use a handheld Vertex VXA-700.
Just trying to find out if the scanner itself is outright prohibited or is reception alone prohibited.n4voxgill said:in a foreign country it is dangerous to play games with definitions. They will lock you up and throw away the key.
Fo rfuture trips that would make sense but I am headed home tomorrow after a long week of work here. Only night I got to go for a tour of Paris was last night and thunderstorms rolled through.n4voxgill said:I would ask for a written reply from the French Embassy in Washington or expect the scanner to be confiscated by customs. If you have a letter from the embassy that states you can have a receiver but not use it on prohibitive frequencies that would give you something to help get through customs.
Did you intercept?newbie said:Fo rfuture trips that would make sense but I am headed home tomorrow after a long week of work here. Only night I got to go for a tour of Paris was last night and thunderstorms rolled through.
Been a good trip though.
I must say what a pain in the arse it is to type on a French keyboard! All those years of typing must be thrown away
Nope left it at home. Probably a good thing as we had some long hours of working. 15 hour day yesterday. Oh well couple hours and then a short 9 hour flight.STiMULi said:Did you intercept?