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Thanks. Looking up “1-party” sent me down an interesting rabbit hole learning about the limited “0-party” rights of interception. For radio interception in NJ,

Thanks. Looking up “1-party” sent me down an interesting rabbit hole learning about the limited “0-party” rights of interception. For radio interception in NJ, it is legal (and only legal?) to intercept: f. Any person to intercept any radio communication which is transmitted: (1) by any station for the use of the general public, or that relates to ships, aircraft, vehicles, or persons in distress; (2) by any governmental, law enforcement, civil defense, private land mobile, or public safety communication system, including police and fire, readily accessible to the general public; (3) by a station operating on an authorized frequency within the bands allocated to the amateur, citizens band, or general mobile radio services; or (4) by any marine or aeronautical communications system; ——— Which would imply that broadband RF recording using SDRs, even if it excludes the cell phone bands, is not OK! For example, the MURS band seems to be illegal to intercept.

1827163 3y ago
Absolutely ridiculous, this signal is coming into your private property, it should never be illegal to receive it. So they are criminalizing monitoring the voltage on a piece of wire (an antenna) in your own property, that is what an SDR does. These signals are being sent into your property, whether you want it or not. I think you have a natural right to receive it. It doesn't matter if the government says it's illegal, or attempts to enforce it. Just as we can hear anything nearby with our ears, nobody tells us we can't overhear conversations in a restaurant, trying to do so would clearly be absurd. My opinion here is from natural law.