Look at the devices being blocked! (Score 1)

I've been a customer of Ramsey for many years. My first electronics kit was an FM wireless mike, which costs about 6 bucks. It does work, but to say it is either designed for or even suited for espionage would be rather silly. COnsider this - it is a hand tuned oscilator, rather than being crystal controlled. It's great if you want to learn about how they work, but if you really wanted to monitor somebody, they would have problems. They drift off frequency with slight changes in temperature, proximity to people, metal, etc. They are inherently rather unstable. To top it off, I never got one to transmit more than about 100 feet or so, outdoors. In a house, they will cross a room, but rarely transmit through a wall. They are excellent learning tools, but would make lousy bugs. Also, as an amateur radio operator, I take issue with some of the devices that were seized and prevented from being sold. In particular,the amateur televison (ATV) gear on the ham bands (440 mhz) and the associated downconverter is a perfectly legal device to sell to hams. Sure, they are small and stable, with long range, but they have a myriad of other uses, and WE ARE ALLOWED TO USE THEM as long as we obey the rules of the amatuer licensing system.