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Old February 3rd 05, 01:18 AM
DougSlug
 
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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".