Yes it was, and you are correct; no consumer grade scanner has any chance of
rendering intelligible signals from a DSSS nor FHSS cordless phone.

[On a side note: There are some high end units (most AOR scanners, or some
Alinco units, for example) that will receive wideband and narrowband F3
transmissions. In my experience, most RatShack stuff gets pretty deaf as you
approach 1Ghz. The same goes for the Alinco DJ-X10, at 1Ghz and above it's
more or less useless, at 1.4Ghz, forget it, the input sensitivity approaches
the one volt mark. Nice scanner for the lower bands, lots of useful
features, but practically useless in the Ghz range.]




My point is a scanner would not pick them up this was the topic.



"bob" wrote in message
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Secure unless someone has a base station that uses an identical chipset
and forces it into receive mode. This does require some tinkering, but it
can be done. Don't kid yourself, the FHSS and DSSS technology used by
cordless phone manufacturers are not designed for security, they are just
basic chipsets with a minimum of support components. And the advertised 64
bazillion security codes have nothing to do with the sequence, it's only
for the off hook negotiation (aka: line seizure) and ring triggering on an
inbound call. Remember, a lot of those SS units still have a 'channel'
button, and there's only 10 to 25 'channels' on these things. That would
point to a limit of 10 to 25 spread patterns. Splurge the $19 at Target
and buy a popular unit and dig into it, there's not a lot in there.

B.

On Wed, 02 Feb 2005 06:09:24 -0800, stryped wrote:

I know it is not legal but can a regular scanner that covers 900 mhz
listen to cordless phone conversations?

Since most 900 Mhz phones are Digital...

The Answer is No.

FALSE! Thanks for playing...


"Korbin Dallas" wrote in message
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On Wed, 02 Feb 2005 06:09:24 -0800, stryped wrote:

Since most 900 Mhz phones are Digital...

The Answer is No.

On Sat, 12 Feb 2005 18:02:02 GMT, Korbin Dallas
wrote:

On Wed, 02 Feb 2005 06:09:24 -0800, stryped wrote:

I know it is not legal but can a regular scanner that covers 900 mhz
listen to cordless phone conversations?

Since most 900 Mhz phones are Digital...

The Answer is No.

And I say maybe.
I have been able to listen to all 900 fones I have tried. Im not
saying that it is not possible at all, just that all the ones I've
tried work fine -- ON TWO FREQUENCIES usually 902 or 903 and 925
through 927 I think...and I find that a lot of restaurants (not BK or
McD for instance) use a cordless fone. that I can pick up. My son got
****ed at me because I (not on purpose, just by accident) was eating
dinner and wham he started talking to his girlfriend. I almost puked.
I sorta remember when I was 18, now. I had forgotten about all the bs
and sweet talk. anyway he heard me say something to his mother and he
blew his top. Now he doesn't tie up my fone any more. he got a 2.4ghz
fone now and he has almost gotten over his paranoia.



Billy, N5WE
Mississippi

"BILLY" wrote in message
...
On Sat, 12 Feb 2005 18:02:02 GMT, Korbin Dallas
wrote:

On Wed, 02 Feb 2005 06:09:24 -0800, stryped wrote:

I know it is not legal but can a regular scanner that covers 900 mhz
listen to cordless phone conversations?

Since most 900 Mhz phones are Digital...

The Answer is No.

And I say maybe.
I have been able to listen to all 900 fones I have tried. Im not
saying that it is not possible at all, just that all the ones I've
tried work fine -- ON TWO FREQUENCIES usually 902 or 903 and 925
through 927 I think...and I find that a lot of restaurants (not BK or
McD for instance) use a cordless fone. that I can pick up. My son got
****ed at me because I (not on purpose, just by accident) was eating
dinner and wham he started talking to his girlfriend. I almost puked.
I sorta remember when I was 18, now. I had forgotten about all the bs
and sweet talk. anyway he heard me say something to his mother and he
blew his top. Now he doesn't tie up my fone any more. he got a 2.4ghz
fone now and he has almost gotten over his paranoia.



Billy, N5WE
Mississippi

This thread started, ended and started again! Yes there are phones in the
clear in WFM & NFM on 900 Mhz...