Timeline for Is it legal to use a home-made Airband radio receiver in the United States?
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| Dec 21, 2019 at 3:47 | comment | added | Ray Butterworth | I think Canada got the law right on this issue. In general, for all radio transmissions (including old cell phone frequencies) if it is broadcast, it is legal to listen to it. However, for certain specific transmissions it is illegal to tell anyone else what one heard. I.e. you can be nosy, but don't gossip. | |
| Dec 20, 2019 at 19:32 | answer | added | CrossRoads | timeline score: 0 | |
| Apr 13, 2017 at 12:33 | history | edited | CommunityBot |
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| Jan 3, 2015 at 13:27 | history | tweeted | twitter.com/#!/StackAviation/status/551369348708069376 | ||
| Dec 27, 2014 at 16:11 | comment | added | RPiAwesomeness | @DavidRicherby He said he thought about it, but because of how rarely we have any traffic at all, he deemed it not worth the expense. We rarely have any traffic when I'm mowing. | |
| Dec 27, 2014 at 13:59 | comment | added | David Richerby | Shouldn't your employer be providing you with appropriate safety equipment, rather than leaving you to jury-rig your own? | |
| Dec 27, 2014 at 8:47 | comment | added | reirab | There is no restriction to monitoring airband frequencies in the U.S., so you shouldn't have to worry about FCC rules as long as you aren't transmitting. Where you could run into trouble, though, is with the FAA. I'm not sure about this particular use case, which is why I'm not posting an answer, but the FAA is generally pretty strict about using unapproved equipment for aviation operational safety purposes. Someone that knows the relevant FARs (if any) might be able to provide an answer here. | |
| Dec 26, 2014 at 23:39 | history | edited | voretaq7 | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Dec 26, 2014 at 21:18 | vote | accept | RPiAwesomeness | ||
| Dec 26, 2014 at 18:18 | comment | added | raptortech97 | It's surprising this isn't regulated. I'm not sure it's even wise. Consider if, at some point in the day, for some reason, your radio stops working. I don't want to cast doubt on your EE prowess, but your homemade radio would not be FAA certified, so this certainly seems like a plausible scenario. It's not clear that you would notice your radio had stopped working, and you might have a false sense of security and thus not be looking for incoming aircraft quite as diligently. This seems like a dangerous scenario, right? | |
| Dec 26, 2014 at 17:09 | review | Close votes | |||
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| Dec 26, 2014 at 16:45 | comment | added | J Sargent | Interesting! However, the OP asked about the FAA, and since the US doesn't seem to have such a law . . . | |
| Dec 26, 2014 at 16:43 | comment | added | cpast | @NoviceInDisguise Apparently, in the UK, it's illegal: liveatc.net/faq | |
| Dec 26, 2014 at 15:58 | answer | added | Tyler Durden | timeline score: 13 | |
| Dec 26, 2014 at 13:18 | comment | added | J Sargent | Why are aviation frequencies not to be listened to? | |
| Dec 26, 2014 at 11:04 | comment | added | Jan Hudec | @NoviceInDisguise: I agree that it's not practically controllable, but in some countries listening to broadcast that is not intended for public (which includes aviation bands) is indeed formally illegal. | |
| Dec 26, 2014 at 6:17 | comment | added | RPiAwesomeness | @NoviceInDisguise Cool! Thanks for the help. I wasn't afraid there would be, but I figured I'd ask just the same, seeing as there is an SE community with people who're involved in aviation far more than I am. | |
| Dec 26, 2014 at 6:15 | comment | added | J Sargent | I wouldn't think so, I can't imagine how they could possibly regulate it. Again, to be absolutely certain, you would have to some tremendously intense and specific research, but I think there would not be an issue with it. | |
| Dec 26, 2014 at 6:13 | comment | added | RPiAwesomeness | @NoviceInDisguise So, so long as I don't transmit on any of those frequencies with my device, there's nothing wrong with listening in on radio traffic with my device? | |
| Dec 26, 2014 at 6:12 | comment | added | J Sargent | In other words, making your own radio receiver is not the issue, transmission is the issue. | |
| Dec 26, 2014 at 6:11 | comment | added | J Sargent | Although it is being used for aeronautical purposes, this question doesn't really belong here . . . The FAA does not control airspace under 100 feet AGL, and as long as you stay off nav aid and tower frequencies there probably is no regulation. Double check, though. | |
| Dec 26, 2014 at 5:27 | comment | added | RPiAwesomeness | @cpast Possibly. Or both. That's kinda why I came here :D | |
| Dec 26, 2014 at 5:23 | comment | added | cpast | The relevant regulations would be FCC, not FAA, no? | |
| S Dec 26, 2014 at 4:40 | history | suggested | ChrisW | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
put the titles of the references in the hyperlinks; clarify that the question is about a radio receiver
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| Dec 26, 2014 at 3:58 | history | asked | RPiAwesomeness | CC BY-SA 3.0 |