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Good morning everyone

I don't know if anyone can help me on this. Does the old bearcat 800xlt
receive clear cellular and cordless telephone calls? Just. Curious

Daniel

Yes it does. Program a limit search in the upper 800mhz range, say from
892.000 and 894.000 for instance. That'll get you some cell phone
coverage.
For cordless, try a limit search from 903.000 to 905.000. Success here
depends on your neighborhood and your antenna.

Hi Dan:

It's probably not a good idea to attach your name, and email address to a
message related to illegal activity. That being said, save your money. The
BC800-XLT is a very old scanner, with minimal features, and performance, by
today's standards. It's solder joints are probably beginning to fail, as
well as capacitors, with age. In addition to that, although it does cover
the portion of the spectrum you mention, I don't believe the stepping rate
is correct for the cellular band. So it would be hit, and miss, at best,
skipping a lot of channels, and possibly not performing very well on the
ones it does find. As the other post mentions, the majority of cell phones
are no longer analog, and have moved to digital, and you would not be able
to receive the digital ones at all. If you did accomplish your task, you'd
find the novelty to wear off fast. If you want to listen to people bitch at
each other, work in an office! LOL!!!

Bill Crocker


"Daniel Rzonca" wrote in message
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Good morning everyone

I don't know if anyone can help me on this. Does the old bearcat 800xlt
receive clear cellular and cordless telephone calls? Just. Curious

Daniel