David VanHorn wrote:
>
> At 10:31 PM 7/3/01 -0300, Alexandre Domingos F. Souza wrote:
> > >I don't think it was the FCC... it might have been customs or the IRS,
> > >shutting them down for designing products intended for "surrepitous use" or
> > >something... I am, of course, referring to the Ramsey Electronics fiasco.
> >
> >         What happened to Ramsey?
>
> It was the FCC.
> They were selling bugging devices in kit form.
> Granted they were the world's crappiest bugs, but that's what they were.
> The FCC stepped in and said "no more".
>
> They are doing enforcement these days.


Is that for real?? In the US i'm guessing.
Here in Aust all the electronics stores sell
fm bug kits, they are a very popular beginner
kit.
-Roman

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