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- From: jerry@hnrc.tufts.edu (Jerry Dallal)
- Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
- Subject: Re: How to get a FM sub-carrier radio?
- Message-ID: <1992Dec31.113832.589@hnrc.tufts.edu>
- Date: 31 Dec 92 16:38:32 GMT
- References: <1992Dec30.140523.19084@ucc.su.OZ.AU> <1992Dec30.132658.586@hnrc.tufts.edu> <Dec.30.16.31.25.1992.27040@joes.garage.com> <1hv1f7INN4am@rave.larc.nasa.gov>
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- In article <1hv1f7INN4am@rave.larc.nasa.gov>, kludge@grissom.larc.nasa.gov (Scott Dorsey) writes:
-
- > According to the ECPA, listening to any subcarriers of FM broadcast is
- > illegal. This makes it illegal to listen to FM in stereo (since the multiplex
- > L-R signal is broadcast as a subcarrier at 19 KHz). This is not an
- > intelligent law.
- > --scott
-
- Three things:
- (1) What is ECPA? Electronic Communications and Piracy Act?
-
- (2) Does this mean we should all write to our favorite radio stations and,
- citing the ECPA, aske for *permission* to listen in stereo? :-)
- (There's something strangely appealing about this.)
-
- (3) I assume the same thing applies to stereo TV broadcasts. No?
- (There's something strangely appealing about asking for their permission, too.)
-
- Dear <broadcaster>:
-
- I enjoy listening to your programming. However, I have been informed that
- according to the ECPA, I am unable to listen to your broadcast in stereo unless
- I receive your explicit permission to do so.
-
- May I? I would like to continue to listen to your station. However, it is
- obvious that I cannot, if doing so would put me in violation of federal law.
-
- Sincerely,
-