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Restoration73 · 29th Nov 2019, 9:33 pm

There was a similar case in the 1980s when a licenced amateur overheard a robbery in
progress on 27/81 FM CB and this lead to arrests.

Later the DTI tried to prosecute the ham on the basis that the amateur licence did not
permit listening to CB, I believe the case was thrown out.

29th Nov 2019, 9:33 pm	#14
Restoration73 Nonode Join Date: Jun 2013 Location: Surbiton, SW London, UK. Posts: 2,801	Re: What's this radio? There was a similar case in the 1980s when a licenced amateur overheard a robbery in progress on 27/81 FM CB and this lead to arrests. Later the DTI tried to prosecute the ham on the basis that the amateur licence did not permit listening to CB, I believe the case was thrown out.