is is against the law to operate military recievers? i seen some at a flea market but was afraid to buy one.

:is is against the law to operate military recievers? i seen some at a flea market but was afraid to buy one.

If it against the law, there will be a lot of radio nuts to talk to while you are in jail, Military radio equipment is an exccellent value and lots of hams modify transmitters to work on the ham bands.
Lewis

:is is against the law to operate military recievers? i seen some at a flea market but was afraid to buy one. Send to me for proper diposal No, all kidding aside , The military for the most part spared no expense in the design and manufacture of their equipment . It is the best . PERIOD ! If you have a ham license you can Transmit on any frequency your ticket allows. The Military uses a vast amount of the radio spectrum. If you just want to listen I reccommend something that receives all or atleast part of the shortwave spectrum around 2-30 mhz.

I'm unaware of any U.S. prohibition against receiving any radio signals, no matter what the type of receiver, military or otherwise.

There is now a prohibition against manufacturing scanners that can receive the cellular telephone bands. That doesn't prevent using scanners manufactured before the prohibition. But, anyway, that issue is largely moot, since cellular calls are now mostly digital.

And, some states prohibit listening to law enforcement frequencies while in an automobile.

Do you have information that leads you to believe otherwise?
Doug

:is is against the law to operate military recievers? i seen some at a flea market but was afraid to buy one.