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Old 16th Dec 2004, 16:51
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BOAC
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Oh dear! This one seems to go on and on and folks just cannot understand what HD and others are saying.

The question "is it illegal to listen too ATC in the UK on a scanner" has been asked. The answer is YES. References have been given (look back in this thread).

ionagh has summed it up neatly on the previous page.

"Your definitive answer is here:
http://www.ofcom.org.uk/static/arch...nfo/ra169r7.pdf

However, friends at Ofcom inform me that there is no actual 'enforcement' of this. They do not have the manpower to go around and stop you. Therefore the regulation will be applied on a complaints basis.

So provided that 'no one knows what you listened to because you told no one what you overheard' then you are probably in the clear.........."


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as for 'anartificialhorizon' - to you I would say "follow the guidelines given in this thread". It is not HD you need to worry about - it is the plod if you transgress.

...........and as for watching TV while driving..................

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