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Originally Posted by Restoration73
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.
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Veering a bit off-topic but wasn't there a similar legal farce over radio amateurs working ships in distress during the great storm of 1953 when official stations like Humber Radio had been disabled?
Cheers
Roger