scanner \ cellular phone question

[petefromga@webtv.net]

Any one know where to find a older scanner that picks up cell phones?
Or where to find out how to modify a newer model?
thanks

try

alt.radio.scanner.uk

there not so strict in the UK

[Doug Smith W9WI]

wrote:
> Any one know where to find a older scanner that picks up cell phones?
> Or where to find out how to modify a newer model?
> thanks
>

Most of them (the phones) are digital these days, so you probably won't
hear much...
--
Doug Smith W9WI
Pleasant View (Nashville), TN EM66
http://www.w9wi.com

[xpyttl]

"Doug Smith W9WI" > wrote in message
...

> Most of them (the phones) are digital these days, so you probably won't
> hear much...

Not only digital, but encrypted, so the receiver is the easy part.

...

[Dr. Anton T. Squeegee]

In article >,
says...

> Any one know where to find a older scanner that picks up cell phones?
> Or where to find out how to modify a newer model?
> thanks

Gad... Why bother? The analog channels that a scanner can deal
with don't have a lot of traffic on them, and there have got to be far
more interesting listening experiences Out There.

If you're bound and determined to bore yourself to death, the
Realistic PRO-2004 is easily modified to cover the analog cell channels.
You can probably find one on EvilBay with minimal effort.

Happy hunting.

--
Dr. Anton T. Squeegee, Director, Dutch Surrealist Plumbing Institute.
(Known to some as Bruce Lane, ARS KC7GR,
kyrrin (a/t) bluefeathertech[d=o=t]calm -- www.bluefeathertech.com
"If Salvador Dali had owned a computer, would it have been equipped
with surreal ports?"

[Padraigh ProAmerica]

Cellphone calls are sooo boring..,

Baby monitors, OTOH, can make listening FUN again... :)

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