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

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?

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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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!.

Given the limited range of cordless phones and the content, why would anyone
bother?

But techncially yes.

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

wrote in message
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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?

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?

"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".

"DougSlug" wrote in message
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"PowerHouse Communications" wrote in message
...
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".



If you off tune a WFM signal on a NFM receiver it will be intelligible
enough.

"Jim" wrote in message
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"DougSlug" wrote in message
...
"PowerHouse Communications" wrote in message
...
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".



If you off tune a WFM signal on a NFM receiver it will be intelligible
enough.


While I'm in this thread I'll just ask. Is there anyone working on software
to support real time demodulation of digital cordless signals?