"krackula" wrote in message
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this must be a reprint from back in the early 90s ........

dunno where " YOU " live , but in my west coast metro
area of 1.2 million population, you could count " all "
the daily " analog " cellphone traffic on your fingers and toes.

99.9 % of all previous analog cell calls have been switched to
digital, out here, and there is pretty much " nothing " of ANY
substance to be found on the analog cellband anymore.


Except for OnStar. That great GM feature uses analog, at least here on
theWest coast.

- Fred #2

What's Onstar's frequency?



"Fred the Second" wrote in message
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"krackula" wrote in message
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this must be a reprint from back in the early 90s ........

dunno where " YOU " live , but in my west coast metro
area of 1.2 million population, you could count " all "
the daily " analog " cellphone traffic on your fingers and toes.

99.9 % of all previous analog cell calls have been switched to
digital, out here, and there is pretty much " nothing " of ANY
substance to be found on the analog cellband anymore.


Except for OnStar. That great GM feature uses analog, at least here on
theWest coast.

- Fred #2

Don't rightly know - I think they use the same base/repeater scheme as other
cell phones so to my knowledge they are not using any dedicated frequency.
But then, I'm just a casual amateur.

The interesting thing about OnStar, when you first contact them to set up
your vehicle and account you do it by pressing the blue OnStar button in
your vehicle. They then ask you for such information as your name, home
address, home phone, credit card number, CC security code, your occupation,
where you work, and they ask you for an access code and password to ensure
you are you when you need help. All that information is dutifully repeated
back to you by the OnStar representative, for accuracy, so the information
is aired twice.

Gives me warm fuzzies!

- Fred #2

"Jim Hackett" wrote in message
link.net...
What's Onstar's frequency?



"Fred the Second" wrote in message
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"krackula" wrote in message
...

this must be a reprint from back in the early 90s ........

dunno where " YOU " live , but in my west coast metro
area of 1.2 million population, you could count " all "
the daily " analog " cellphone traffic on your fingers and toes.

99.9 % of all previous analog cell calls have been switched to
digital, out here, and there is pretty much " nothing " of ANY
substance to be found on the analog cellband anymore.


Except for OnStar. That great GM feature uses analog, at least here on
theWest coast.

- Fred #2

Yea, from what I've found through Google, they use standard 800 Mhz ANALOG
cell phone frequencies. That does inspire confidence



"Fred the Second" wrote in message
...
Don't rightly know - I think they use the same base/repeater scheme as
other
cell phones so to my knowledge they are not using any dedicated frequency.
But then, I'm just a casual amateur.

The interesting thing about OnStar, when you first contact them to set up
your vehicle and account you do it by pressing the blue OnStar button in
your vehicle. They then ask you for such information as your name, home
address, home phone, credit card number, CC security code, your
occupation,
where you work, and they ask you for an access code and password to ensure
you are you when you need help. All that information is dutifully
repeated
back to you by the OnStar representative, for accuracy, so the information
is aired twice.

Gives me warm fuzzies!

- Fred #2

"Jim Hackett" wrote in message
link.net...
What's Onstar's frequency?



"Fred the Second" wrote in message
...
"krackula" wrote in message
...

this must be a reprint from back in the early 90s ........

dunno where " YOU " live , but in my west coast metro
area of 1.2 million population, you could count " all "
the daily " analog " cellphone traffic on your fingers and toes.

99.9 % of all previous analog cell calls have been switched to
digital, out here, and there is pretty much " nothing " of ANY
substance to be found on the analog cellband anymore.


Except for OnStar. That great GM feature uses analog, at least here on
theWest coast.

- Fred #2

Indeed ... I pick-up OnStar transmissions all the time, and it can be
from anywhere in the country.

Sometimes I hear the full conversation, or just one side of it, but
it's always clear as a bell.

I get a kick out of the Cadillac boneheads crying for unlocking service
because they did the obvious.

I especially like catching people calling in to retrieve their
"private" messages on voice mail.

That's worth the price of admission alone.

Maybe our eavesdropping days are numbered, but scanning the cellular
ranges is still a lot of fun.