Legality of Scanners Overseas

[pks]

Does anyone know if its legal to own and use a scanner in Japan?
My guess would be yes, since these Uniden scanners were engineered there?
But just making sure

[JAFO]

Does anyone know if its legal to own and use a scanner in Japan?
My guess would be yes, since these Uniden scanners were engineered there?
But just making sure

Just because they were engineered there does not mean they are allowed there

But back to the question, can’t say I have ever heard if they are or are not permitted in Japan. Just one question, can you speak Japanese?

Just asking, as a scanner may not be much use if you can’t understand the lingo

[pks]

I don't understand Japanese so might not be as fun scanning something you don't understand

Just went to Uniden Japan's site and apparently, their scanners are only available for the oversea market. Hmm...

[geodementia]

Depends - if you are primarily interested in Aviation, then you would be in luck, as it is mandatory to use the English language for all aeronautical communications. Having said that, in many countries they still revert back to their native tongue when talking to local aircraft, and even if they are speaking english the accent can be so heavy it is almost unreadable

[citabria]

I passed my PPL in march, and before doing that I had to sit a ICAO Level 6 english exam to be able to fly overseas.

The funniest thing was that the whole "english" test was listening to Saudi, French, German, Iraqi air traffic controllers attempting to speak english in stressed situations and correctly interpreting them!

Lots of times when i'm on Sydney Radar there will be an overseas student trying his best to speak to ATC - sometimes you cant tell if its english or what!!



Cheers,
Matt