Does anybody know the actual reason that Jammers and Scramblers are illegal or supposed to be illegal. I am trying to find info about that but no luck.
here a thread i started bout the same subject. laser jammer about the 8 th post down theres a sight that looks like a comercial but proves all these products as not what they advertise.
Laser jammers are legal, radar jammers are illegal. Something to with the FCC regulations. I'll try and dig up the source.
Radar jammers must be illegal, every site I try to link to, I get websensed illegal activity. Some reviews: http://www.radartest.com/article.asp?articleid=8502 http://www.radarbusters.com/support/jammers/Default.asp There are no federal prohibitions of laser jammers, because laser is controlled by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration under CFR 21, subpart 1040, 1041 for eye safety. Three states ban the ownership, sale and use of laser jammers. Those states are Minnesota (Minnesota Statutes 2002, 169.14) California (Sec. 1, Ch 493.28150, effective January 1999) and Utah (C. 41-6-52.7, 1998)
Most of TRAFFIC division units in Metro Atlanta includes State troopers use laser primary when they are stationed (not cruising). As most of people know laser is very deadly and accurate. Almost no warning. I armed myself with V1 and Escort ZR3 Laser Shifter. So far NO ticket since the day i owned my wrx. I got shot with laser couple times, but i wasn't traveling at insane speed. Maybe around 10-15mph over limit. Still slower than leader of speeding group. I just wanna test out my ZR3 system just to be safe. However, lots of other people have good experience with it. I should say it works 95% of the time based on statistics and tests done.
My understanding was that radar jammers and scramblers actually 'broadcast' signals which is illegal on certain bands without an FCC license. Normal dectectors simply listen. Legal to listen - illegal to transmit. I may be wrong as it's been a while since I thought about it. As for lasers I have no idea. I have seen tests in car mags where they loaded up the front of a car with a couple dozen lights and ran them on high. The bleed over in the various spectums would confuse (blind) a laser gun for a bit sometimes but the trade off wasn't worth it.
yeah, which means that there not just a little illegal, theres a 50,000$ fine and prison time that can go along with active jamming hnoes:. however, some jammers transmit at a low enough wattage to be considered private use so just be careful about which one you get. just thought it was importnat enough to bumb.