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Receiving cellular
Can you receive cellular phone calls on a modified scanner? I thought
with all phone being digital now you could not? |
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Newer scanners cannot be modified, but many others can be modified to
receive the cellular band. It is also possible to buy an unblocked model of just about any scanner that is intended for international sale by ordering it from another country (www.bander.com is one such source). This is, of course, illegal, but still quite possible. Older scanners may be able to receive cell images on frequencies that are +/- 21.4 MHz (2 times the IF) away from the cell frequencies. This is usually more difficult with triple conversion scanners. Not all cell phones are digital (yet). Somewhere I read that the OnStar system utilizes analog transmissions...this may depend on the area. There is always some analog activity in the cell bands, but it tends to be quite uninteresting, and in many cases, only one side of the conversation can be heard (this, too, depends on the area). Most cell phone activity is digital, however, and it will continue to go in that direction. Eventually, blocking a scanner will have no purpose. wrote in message oups.com... Can you receive cellular phone calls on a modified scanner? I thought with all phone being digital now you could not? |
"T-bone" wrote in message 9.130... wrote in news:1105980741.679905.177450 @c13g2000cwb.googlegroups.com: Can you receive cellular phone calls on a modified scanner? I thought with all phone being digital now you could not? There is very little activity in the old cell bands - What with analog roaming and such, there is still a little. So yes, people advertsing their scanners as UNBLOCKED !!!!! are really saying very little in practice - The only good reason to pay a premium to get one would be to bank on the possibility that some other service of interest will eventually move into this frequency region. WHAT the hell are you smoking dude? Do you even HAVE a scanner? or did mommy leave the computer turned on tonight? Digital sucks, just like FM never replaced AM radio, cause of the fast dropoff of signal over distance. There are more analog phones than ever in many towns, especially now that rates are low, lots more traffic. Go to a town of about 100,000 people that are spread out in the middle of Arizona or Texas or Utah. You will find a lot more people talking on cell phone frequencies than talking on the other public bands! |
"smokin" wrote in
nk.net: "T-bone" wrote in message 9.130... wrote in news:1105980741.679905.177450 @c13g2000cwb.googlegroups.com: Can you receive cellular phone calls on a modified scanner? I thought with all phone being digital now you could not? There is very little activity in the old cell bands - What with analog roaming and such, there is still a little. So yes, people advertsing their scanners as UNBLOCKED !!!!! are really saying very little in practice - The only good reason to pay a premium to get one would be to bank on the possibility that some other service of interest will eventually move into this frequency region. WHAT the hell are you smoking dude? Do you even HAVE a scanner? or did mommy leave the computer turned on tonight? Digital sucks, just like FM never replaced AM radio, cause of the fast dropoff of signal over distance. Yeah .. Still jamming down to Iron Butterfly on 8 tracks too ? There are more analog phones than ever in many towns, especially now that rates are low, lots more traffic. Go to a town of about 100,000 people that are spread out in the middle of Arizona or Texas or Utah. You will find a lot more people talking on cell phone frequencies than talking on the other public bands! I honestly gave up on eavedropping on cell calls years ago when I entered manhood. The few times I give the band a whirl these days theres next to little or no action - Maybe its different out in the sticks I dont' know _ I don't live out in the sticks, I live in a major urban area where most people can afford a decent phone and a decent plan. If your such a cell band authority, then try answering the question you step child dim rod. |
Well atleast now we know what you were listening for.
T-bone wrote: "smokin" wrote in I honestly gave up on eavedropping on cell calls years ago when I entered manhood. |
On the contrary the CDMA/TDMA phones still use the same band as the AMPS
units. As far as listening to conversations there are a few analog signals left but towers limit the amount of analog conversations as they take up a lot more space than digital. Analog seems more prevalent for customers from a TDMA provider traveling in a CDMA market or vise versa. So to answer his question - yes you can but you aren't going to here too much "T-bone" wrote in message Can you receive cellular phone calls on a modified scanner? I thought with all phone being digital now you could not? There is very little activity in the old cell bands - What with analog roaming and such, there is still a little. So yes, people advertsing their scanners as UNBLOCKED !!!!! are really saying very little in practice - The only good reason to pay a premium to get one would be to bank on the possibility that some other service of interest will eventually move into this frequency region. |
I notice our phones always switch to analog out here at home. We are on a
small ranch in Texas golf coast area. I know all the trees kill the digital signals. Had the same trouble with my police radio in the cruiser when I got close to home. I had to switch from the 800 trunked stuff to vhf to be able to hit the dispatcher. I guess this is kinda the same thing?? I know squatt about cell phone technology. haha! |
CDMA phones will, they are dual mode.
Brad. "Mark" wrote in message ... On Tue, 18 Jan 2005 13:25:15 -0600, "Sarge" wrote: I notice our phones always switch to analog out here at home. What kind of digital phone do you have that switches to analog? |
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