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Old February 2nd 05, 02:09 PM
 
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I know it is not legal but can a regular scanner that covers 900 mhz
listen to cordless phone conversations?

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Old February 2nd 05, 02:47 PM
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duh, what do you think?

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



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Burfing-Whummy wrote:
duh, what do you think?

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


I mean are those frequencies blocked on scanners like cell phone
frequencies are?

Will covering 900 mhz get newer cordless phones too?

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Old February 3rd 05, 04:06 AM
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Better re-check your law books regarding listening in Canada.

There is no law in Canada prohibiting a person from listening to cell
phones.

There is no law in Canada prohibiting a person from listening to
cordless phones.

There are no laws in Canada prohibiting a person from having a scanner
in their car.

It IS illegal to decode/descramble a subscription service signal without
paying for it. (that's in the various sections addressing 'theft of
service')

Nowhere in Canada, do you need an amateur radio operator's certificate
to own a scanner.

However: the radiocommunication act prohibits anyone who listens from
conveying or imparting that which was heard to a third party.
(aka: listen all you want, but keep the gossip to yourself.)

There are a few countries (USA included) that have laws prohibiting
cellular monitoring, cordless phone monitoring, etc. (land of the free,
but not free to listen to.. oh nevermind, I don't want to start a
shouting match here, but it is odd that a country that claims to protect
freedom at any cost quietly takes some away. Likely due to some
politician getting caught in some scam or scandal due to what they said
on a cell phone and the wrong people hearing it.)

Personally, they do a lot of things right in the USA, it can be a really
nice place (at least everywhere I've visited so far) but in my opinion,
the law banning of certain receivers, forbidding reception of certain
frequency ranges, and the prohibition of some receivers in cars (in
certain jurisdictions) does not make a lot of sense. (someone might
argue it's to prevent crooks from staying one step ahead of the
authorities, but last I checked, crooks, by definition, don't respect a
lot of laws anyway, therefore won't lose a lot of sleep having that
scanner in their car...




news.vif.com wrote:


wrote:

I know it is not legal


FYI illegal to listen to cellphones/cordless phones
US/Canada.

but can a regular scanner that covers 900 mhz
listen to cordless phone conversations?



Yes!.

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Old February 3rd 05, 03:56 PM
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"bob" wrote

There are a few countries (USA included) that have laws prohibiting
cellular monitoring, cordless phone monitoring, etc. (land of the free,
but not free to listen to.. oh nevermind, I don't want to start a
shouting match here, but it is odd that a country that claims to protect
freedom at any cost quietly takes some away. Likely due to some
politician getting caught in some scam or scandal due to what they said
on a cell phone and the wrong people hearing it.)


But you left plenty of bait for a shouting match anyway......



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Old February 2nd 05, 05:57 PM
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A lot of answers, none worth a damn...

A "regular scanner" CAN receive the signals, but you won't be able to listen
to the conversations worth a damn... A "regular scanner" generally does not
have WFM reception, therefore, the conversations will cut in and out and/or
get distorted because of this. In order to actually receive an intelligible
signal your scanner would have to have WFM reception. This is generally
only found on the higher-end scanners.

Of course, if the signal is digital, you aren't going to hear anything
anyway, no matter what kind of scanner you have...


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



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Old February 3rd 05, 12:18 AM
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"PowerHouse Communications" wrote in message
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A lot of answers, none worth a damn...

A "regular scanner" CAN receive the signals, but you won't be able to
listen
to the conversations worth a damn... A "regular scanner" generally does
not
have WFM reception, therefore, the conversations will cut in and out
and/or
get distorted because of this. In order to actually receive an
intelligible
signal your scanner would have to have WFM reception.


Not all 900 MHz cordless phones utilize WFM, so a scanner that only offers
NFM may still be useful for this purpose.

This is generally only found on the higher-end scanners.


I'm not sure what you would consider "higher-end", but there are plenty of
"regular" scanners that have WFM.

Of course, if the signal is digital, you aren't going to hear anything
anyway, no matter what kind of scanner you have...


True enough, but digital is not as commonly found on 900 MHz phones. 2.4
GHz phones probably more commonly use digital modulation.

You can include your answer among those that are "not worth a damn".




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