Originally Posted by bobs
Take anything you read on radarbusters with a grain of salt. That site was oroginally created because the owned had (has) an axe to grind with Mike Valentine. All of the info there appears to have a certain "spin" to it.
re: Jamming. Check Section 333 of the Communications Act of 1934 & get back to me, OK?
Radar is regulated by the FCC and it is illegal in all 50 states to jam it. Laser, on the other hand, is regulated by the FDA and it IS NOT illegal in all states to jam laser guns, its federal law, not state. The only place to draw the line where laser could be considered illeagel is
This is the FCC compliance code that every electronic device legally has to abide by:
This device complies with Part 15 of the FCC Rules Operation is subject to the following two conditions:
this device may not cause harmful interference, and (2) this device must accept any interference received, including interference that may cause undesired operation.
They may get you by saying your device causes harmfull interference. But it only emits IR waves at around 904nm since the only transmitting portion is the IR laser diode, which is the same that the laser guns use. Police laser guns shoot out an IR laser beam not to be confused with radar guns which shoot radio waves..
Granted all are electromagnetic waves, but the FCC regulates radio waves.
It's a state statute so the issue of any city regulations is moot. Since the FCC does not regulate the visual spectrum, just the electromagnetic (radio, etc.), and IR is technically visible light, it is not a federal question, and thus not subject to federal regulation, so it is left to each individual state to regulate such items.