seifert@hammer.UUCP (Snoopy) (03/25/86)
In article <58300043@trsvax> uhclem@trsvax writes: >In case you hadn't noticed, the FCC (you know, those guys) removed >the UHF 83 channel rule for TV makers. The last channel you are supposed >to put on the dial is UHF 69 now. The UHF 69-83... range now contains >cellular phone traffic. > >If the legislation you speak of goes into effect, you will be breaking >the law if you punch in a channel number above UHF 69 on your TV set, >as that is no longer a civilian band. Next thing twe know they will >require us to buy new tuners that stop at UHF 69! I can see it now: Captain Kangaroo gets arrested for watching channel one, the FCC is buried under a mountain of protest letters written in crayon... Snoopy tektronix!tekecs!doghouse.TEK!snoopy "Freedom's just another word for nothin' left to lose."