FROM - TIM SMITHTN.TOPIC - CB INTERFERENCE
02/16/99 13:39:01 - MESSAGE #1313
FROM - TIM SMITHTN.I WANT TO KNOW WHY THE FCC DOSE NOT WANT TO INVESTAGATE PEOPLE THAT IS
RUNNING ILEAGLE POWER AND MESSING UP OTHER PEOPLES TV,CABLE,SATILITE WHY DO WE
HAVE TO PUT UP WITH THIS. IF THE FCC WONT DO NOTHING ABUOT INTERFERENCE WHY ARE
THEY HERE
WE CALLED THEM AND THAY SAID THAY CAN NOT DO ANYTHING ABOUT IT SO
DOSE THAT MEAN I CAN GO OUT AND GET A 12 THOUSAND WATT LINER AMP AND PUT IT ON
MY CB AND TARE UP MY NABOURS AND GET BUY WITH IT CAN SOME ONE TELL ME WHAT IS
HAPPENING TO ARE RIGHTS.
Changed my mind on the Yupi 7100...... was thinking about it, and if I am
gonna bother to call up Javiation and ship something overseas, it might as well
be a really fucking good deal. So now my sights are set on the AOR AR-8200.....
it's about double the price of the 7100, but from what I understand, well worth
it.... anyways, the 8200 can use plugin cards kinda like PCMCIA cards for
laptops directly inside the scanner..... AOR offers plugin cards for a few
different things, such as digital voice recording, CTCSS decoding. speech
inversion, etc etc... Now i'm sure you know about/have used a motorola cell to
follow cell conversations as they pass from cell to cell..... Works great, but
it's a pain in the ass (not to mention that you have to manually scan for a
convo in progress)... so I figure, why not get the 8200 and see if I could hack
together some kinda plugin card or circuit that could decode the little data
burst, translate that into a frequency, and then re-tune the receiver to the
frequency where the convo hopped to? Also was considering something similar for
POCSAG and MDT's.... except just having the receiver fixed on a frequency and
displaying the decoded POCSAG/MDT data onto the 8200's more than ample
screen.... I also considered trunking, but that would require the receiver to
have 1 VFO tuned to the control channel (whose audio must be muted, yet passed
to the trunking plugin card), and 1 VFO which would hop around as needed. Given
that I'm far (financially) from getting the 8200 in the near future, I will only
know if this is workable once I get the thing and screw with it for a while..
Hopefully with the new job (rat shack!! free shit!!) I'll pull in the bucks
quick enough to pick up the 8200 soon enough...
FOR SALE: PRO-67
scanner..... gets cordless/cell/cops etc.. 200 channels, in nice shape - got it
on sale for $150, willing to sell for around $100 (a steal).... email me an
offer!!
Oh yeah mine's a PRO-66, nice little box, gets cells just fine! I guess if I
programmed it with the local cell towers it *could* kind of trunk...... no mods
needed to listen in on cells with it, lots of yuks I can tell you!
Yeah, bases are more expen$ive, but worth it I'm willing to bet. The place to
research 'em is two magazines, Popular Communications and Scanning Times,
they're at the geeklier bookstores. There's a Bearcat trunking scanner I know,
plus a few others too, made by other makers. I'll have to get one of these mags
and report on my findings soon, as I'm really kind of interested in one, and not
all of us have $5 for a fucking single issue of a magazine, so I'll pop the bux
and get one.
Um, BTW that book sold at Rat Shak w/all the freqs is a
"Betty Bearcat" which always makes my think of some overweight old broad sitting
in a trailer with boocoo antennas on the roof, but there you have it. It's the
closest thing to having all the freqs in one place, whereas I think the best bet
is your local scanning club. They probably give away freq lists or at least have
'em cheaper.
hey infor.... i've had a coupla those myself :) one guy that i hang around
with constantly uses his cell.. "the rapist" (we call him the rapist because
he's 20 and hits on/scores with 13 year olds) always yaps to his 13 year old
girlfriends on his cell, great fun listening to him.... he always gets pissed
when I just sit there listening to him talking :) the first night i had my pro67
i caught some guy ordering a hooker somewhere...
"she better have big tits
now"
"yes sir, lisa is very well endowed"
"and she better not be
late!"
"sir, lisa is very busy; she will be at the train station in 45
minutes....."
"yeah, well she better have big goddamn tits....."
Base
receivers get expensive, but I usually would prefer a base/mobile to a
handheld.. I wish that there was some type of receiver that could actually
follow cell calls..... it can be done with a motorola cellphone, but it's a pain
in the ass just to casually listen to uninteruppted conversation (not to mention
the fact that you have to manually enter channel numbers to find a convo)...
what kinda radio you got? an older RS ht or something? i'm planning on selling
my pro-67 to pick up a yupi 7100 pretty soon.... anyone interested in a nice
200-channel scanner can email me :)
Wow, I lulled myself to sleep last night with the ol' Rat Shack Scannah,
listening to cellfone activity in the East Phoenix area. Wow, talk about fucking
FUNNY!!!
Sample Calls:
She1: What are you doing today?
She2:
Watching TURTLES. *exasperated tone of voice* AGAIN.
She1: Oh, is he making
you do THAT again??
She2: Yeah.......
Guy: Well, my number is blah
blah, appointment's at blah blah *lots of information*
Answering Machine:
(after guy's hung up) If you'd like to make a recording.....
Hehehe you
get the idea!! What's so fun about cellfones is the clueless people using 'em
don't realize they're RADIOS and they're ON THE AIR!!! This makes me want to get
a decent base station scannah!! And, I really do need to put some time into
putting all the scanner mods for Rat Shak rigs I know on my sorryass Radio Hack
page......
At the Snottsdale Pubic Libray where this won't "find"
2600.......
im planning to buy a bear cat 230xlt and i was wondering if you could hear
cordless phones conversations without a modification and does anyone know a real
simple modification for cell phone conversations
Shit, the one I want is on sale for $350
i was watching some really crappy late night tv programs (the ones that have
a bunch of phone sex hotmine commercials and shit like that during breaks), and
there was a commercial encouraging people to order a "special scanner" and
"frequency code book" that would allow people "to eavesdrope on cordless phones,
hear police and fire calls, and even fast food drive-throughs!!!" and it's all
for the low low price of $170. someone would have to be pretty stupid to pay
$170 for a handheld scanner and a police call book. heh, just thought you people
might like to hear about it.
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I'm looking into buying a scanner... An uncle of mine has a portable one and
we'd listen to neighbors conversations, cordless phones, cellular phones, or
police dispatchings...
I can put $200 (US) into this... What do guys
suggest?
FROM - GiBsOnCrAcKeRquebec - 207.96.132.149Hi! people,
i need to buy a new scanner anything good to
sugest?
by the way im in canada!(If that somehow change
something!)
where can i get POCSAG three two from???
Hey, on that Alinco, these radios are made all the same, and then different
jumpers, diodes, or even programming (sometimes EPROM) installed to make them
proper for the country in which they're sold, which usually makes 'em easy to
mod, once you know which parts to change.
Thinking of picking up an Alinco DJ-XlOT anybody know if this scanner can be
modded or if the Canadian one is unblocked?What would be the best way to get one
back into the states?
Anyone here Modded a BCSeven Six ZeroXLT? if so what did you do and what did
the mod do? I want to restore cellular freqs.
If you're talking about the old twenty-three-channel crystal sets (before the
forty-channel PLL units came along), then the crystals were a bank of four
crystals each about thirty-sevenMhz, and a second bank of six crystals each
about ten Mhz. The channel switch would connect each of the crystals in the "six
bank" one at a time with one of the crystals in the "four bank". The circuit
subtracted the ten-mhz crystal from the thirty-seven-mhz crystal producing a
frequency about twenty-seven-mhz, which is where the CB band
resides.
So.....if you can get some other crystal pairs that subtract to
forty-nine mhz, you will have a small part of this problem solved. The other two
parts of the problem is to convert the AM transmitter in the CB to Narrow FM.
The other is to re-tune the circuit to operate on forty-nine-mhz instead of
twenty-seven-mhz.
And of course, you will need to re-tune your antenna to
operate at forty-nine-mhz.
Hello again.
I was wondering if anyone knows the math on what crystals
to use in the old crystal CB rigs to transmit and recieve out of band lets say
in the cordless/cellular bands? and also a mod to make the rig rx/tx in NFM
insead of AM.
Ok
I have a PRO two thousand six (geez) with OS board installed
running on Probe. It decodes DTMF I got card #'s, mailbox passwords ( I never
use any of this info ) and such...where else can DTMF decoding be of use? Any
suggestions?
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Well..... tough decision. This mainly rests on what you plan to do more -
talk or listen. The Bearcat is specifically made for listening, and will suit
you much better for listening than any ham radio. The Yaesu ft-fifty, however,
can key up out of band. The ft-fifty, however, cannot pick up lowband cordless
(its coverage stops at seventy-sixmhz). Here are my recommendations:
I. If
you plan to do a lot of listening, go for the Bearcat. Ham radios really suck
monkey balls for scanning - no banks, slow scan speed, etc.... The Bearcat will
also probably be much cheaper.
II. If you want to talk, pick up one of the
new Yaesu VX-fiveR's. They will cover _everything_ and can be modded. Just be
sure to pick up one from Canada or England or something because I'm not sure if
a cell mod exists for that rig. Scanning will suck with this, but if modded
correctly, you will be able to key up on cordless freqs!
Im looking for a new scanner and I have been recommended a few of them but so
far have not been able to decide, and I was wondering if anyone here might be
able to help?
Sp far what I have been suggested are: the Uniden
two-thirty-five, and the Yaetsu FT-fifty.
Basically what im looking for is a
handheld capable of scanning all the frequencies (cellular, and police
included), ot that can be easily modified to receive them all. Also I was
hoping, i dont know if they exist (my knowledge is limited), to find one that
can transmit as well as receive, is this possible? Any and all suggestions will
be appreciated, thanks alot!
hey i am having some problems...i moded my walkie-talki so i can change the
freq and pick up cordless fones, but it has a problem holding a freq and
suggest
hey i want one of those new trunked trackers but should i wait for the
two-four-five-xlt to come out in july, or just screw it and go with the
two-three-five-xlt now
and this whole censoring thing is a pain in the
a$$
FROM - SupaManThe dead end of WI Hey I'm looking to purchase a Scanner or a amature radio kit or somthing so I
can talk back to the pigs. I only have to places to shop for them at Wal-Mart
and Radio Shack In my shitty little town. I would preffer one that is easily
Modded for Cordless Phone coverage just the basic range not that nine hundred
stuff. I want a handheld or car mounted one so I can drive around and find
people. I don't want spend tons of Cash on it but don't want some cheap ass
plastic one. If any one has some reccenmondations(sp?) please tell me and a link
to the mods for it. Thanxs for reading this long boring post.
ten-codes differ from department to department, depending on your locality.
when my local pd says ten-twentyseven, that means "hey, lets drink our
confiscated beer", but another pd may mean something like "he is DOA" or "get
out your shotgun, this one is insane in the membrane"... you will need to look
around on the web for a list for your locality, because every pd uses a
different set ot X-codes, often they are standardized within a county.... the
most experience will be gained by just listening and using the info you've got.
I just got my scanner a few weeks ago and found alot of police freqs are
around the EightFiftyThree-EightFiftyFiveMhz range. Only problem is, I have no
idea what the police are saying to each other because I don't know what all the
codes are. Anyone know where I could get a list of all the police codes?
Absolutely. There are freeware programs that encode POCSAG and pipe it out of
the serial port. Pretty much any ham radio that can be used for packet radio can
send POCSAG. The problem here is that you would have to find a radio that can
transmit (or be modded to transmit) in the pager bands.
IS it posable to send these signals out with a ham set?Might be fun to send
messages to beepers especially if you could send the same message to multiple
beepers!
POCSAG stands for Post Office Common Signalling.... oh hell i forget,
something with post office in it or something like that. Anyways, POCSAG is a
digital messaging protocol/format that's used mainly with beepers. You know
those crazy-sounding signals in the nine twenty nine to nine thirty two mHz
range of your scanner? Those are POCSAG signals. Yes, they can be decoded. There
are a number of ways to skin the cat with POCSAG decoding, but the easiest is to
tune your scanner to a POCSAG frequency and hook your scanner's audio output up
to your sound card. Now go grab a program called Poc(thirty-two).
Poc(thirty-two) listens to the scanner audio input (the POCSAG signals) and
decodes them and puts them in a nice little box. That's basically what POCSAG
is/how it's decoded. There are better ways to decode though, which would take me
forever to explain, so if anyone's interested, either ask on here or mail me and
I'll give you the full deal.
I'm not sure what PROSAG stands for but maybe optoelectronics has one of
these de-coders?
Black axe-- there is a beeper sized one i saw it on a website and was gonna
buy it. but i can't remember where i saw it.
if i find out i'll let you
know.
well.. first of all, just because your receiver is tuned a little bit off,
it'll still get the signal, especially if it is a strong one. Example - i have a
shitload of flea market special scanners around here. my local mall security is
on 464.9375. even though the older scanners will only take 464.935, i still
receive the signal. with digital apps (like pocsag), however, you wanna be
dead-on frequency for digital recognition of the signal.
as far as i
know, there's no beeper-sized pocsag decoder. the only way to do it now is
either to use poc32 through the sound card, or somethin like pd302 through the
serial port, using a data slicer circuit.
has anyone heard anything on the new uniden trunktracker scanner
Ok anyone got simple schematics to a pocsag decoder that just has a display
or something of that sort? and on my scanner I can go XXX.XXX but I see numbers
that are XXX.XXXX it lets me enter a number after I have XXX.XXX in but it
doesnt show it so is the number going in or is there no way for me to get those
freqs?
HEy every one?
MY buddie has this amature radio in his car and all we
do is listen to cops sit and bitch so the other day i disided to say sompthing
to the pigs and they said
"TEN-FOUR SEVENTEEN"(Previously i said "17 i need
a 10-20 on 04 Davis") and then 04davis said: " 04 davis @ 31 hundred south and
davis BLVD."
it was really cool so if anyone can and they know some COOL
freq. to mess with please provide. THANX
I'm a newbie, and want to get into "scanners". What type should i get?
thanks.
Well, there are alot of gaps in the freq list, and i was wondering if there
was a way if i could close those gaps, so to speak.
Again, any help will be
apreciated, and thanks Black Axe for the reply.
well... since the BC-60 doesn't cover 800mhz, there's no real way to get cell
on it.... you could perform mods to tighten the squelch up a little bit, and
maybe a NFM discriminator mod, but other than that, there's really not much to
modify.
Does ANYONE have a mod for a bc6xlt-1 ?? I have been looking forever and
havent seen shit for them... maybe because they are cheap little pieces of shit,
but i concider it a good deal for only $75 so im happy with
it.
Anyways... if you find out a mod for the BC60XLT-1.... PLEASE e-mail
me or post it on this board, thank you.
Since there apparently aren't clearly defined channels for 900mhz cordless, I
find it's easiest just to punch 902 into the scanner and let it run up. Once it
hits about 908 or so, I just set it back to 902. If you have limit searches in
your scanner, this is much easier.Actually.... I think there are actual defined
900mhz cordless channels, but each manufacturer appears to make their own
channels... when you factor in all of the different manuf's, and then figure
these phones usually have 20 available channels and up, you're looking at a
shitload of freqs. Unless you have a few hundred channels to spare, the band
search option is generally the best.
Yes I know that there is a mod for my scanner on that page I should have
clarified I am looking for new mods or ones that people have actually tried I
dont really feel like screwing my scanner over.
-------------------------------------------------------
900mhz Does
anyone here have the 900mhz phone freqs for both headset/base it seems that each
phone is different and some are the base and some are just the headset I
searched 902-908 let me know.
dude, you gave us the address of the radio mod page, and asked us for the
bc760xlt mod, but there is a bc760xlt mod on that page...unless you didnt see it
?
anyways... here is the addy to the bc760xlt mod.......
http://qrz.com/files/modfiles/760xlt.txt
a great place that I have stumbled upon for mods is
http://www.qrz.com
they have a huge list of mods I dont know how reliable they are but they have
them there most any mod you need they will have. Anyone here have a BC760XLT
that they have modded?
Yeah, cell's pretty asinine, it's fun once in a while, and it's fun to freak
out people by showing 'em how easy it is to listen in.
Want to freak out
a fellow Ham? ANI the local fone patch/repeater.
well.... for one, let me tell you that listening to cell isn't great.... at
times, it can be good, but it's not terribly different from standard
cordless.... if you want a cell-capable scanner, go to durham radio. they
usually have good shit, but you will be paying at least 450 for a scanner. or..
idea... you could get an ft-50 for like 250-300 bucks, and get the adms-1c cable
for it.... which would make it fully cell-capable.. so not only would you have a
cell-capable scanner, you would have a scanner that could yap back at people!
but as far as scanning, the ft-50 sucks donkey dicks.. only 100 channels, no
banks, and a shitty scan speed.. and it cuts off at 76mhz, so no 43mhz cordless
phones for you then.....check out the pro-26 at durham radio. it should suit
your needs.
as far as 900mhz cordless goes... yes, they can be heard in the
902-907 range..... but some 900mhz cordless phones are screwy.. some will change
frequencies every 2 seconds, and some others will either be digital, or be
spread spectrum..... and if they are using either of those, forget trying to
listen in with any regular scanner.... 900 isn't really that active around me at
all.
anybody ever hear 900 cordless phones also whats the best modable scanner in
the 400 dollar rangethanks
Shit, I don't have that one either. Ever have that *useless* feeling?
If anyone knows of a mod for the Radio Shack Pro90 please email me.. It would
be a real big help.
mailto:digiphreq@webcrunchers.com
Thanx BLACK AXE,think your probably right about the cell phones being
borring,but the military stuff could come in handy in this area though.Have to
think about it and count my pennies.
TOPIC - scanners!
dual- and triple- conversion refers to how the scanner converts the received
signal and interprets it. with dual conversion, you will likely have better
sensitivity (ability to pull in weak signals), but with triple, you will have
less interference. image interference can come from any radio transmitter....
ex. police transmissions, cellular towers, beepers (a big offender), you get the
idea. the most important gaps you'll probably notice is in the 800mhz range
(specifically, the cellular phone freqs are blocked out). all of the gaps in the
200-400 and 500-800 range don't contain anything the casual scanner listener has
too much interest in, such as military aircraft, the 1.25m amateur (ham) band,
various radiolocation services, etc... not real voice transmissions or anything.
crystal scanners are very hard to come by..... they can be useful if you just
crystal them for your local cops (I've done this), but they are very limited
otherwise.
if you are looking to buy a scanner, i'd go with
dual-conversion unless you live in an urban area. dual-conversion lets you pull
in those weak cordless conversations. modifying a modern scanner for cell
reception is just about impossible. besides, cell calls are generally boring. if
you _need_ a cell receiver though, check out durham electronics - they will sell
you a full cell-capable scanner. expensive, though. if you are getting a
handheld, be sure to pick up a telescoping antenna for it - this will perform
much better on the lower bands, as well as on vhf-hi and uhf.
I'm in the market for a scanner and keep seeing stuff about dual+triple
conversionto eliminate"image-type interferance"is this interferance cell or
cordless phone frequencies?I also have noticed large gaps in the range of
coverage,anybody know mods to close these gaps?looking at getting the pro-90 or
91.And does anyone still sell the old style ones that had crystals you had to
replace?
It was two in the morning and I was half asleep.
Hay Fireman,
Are you out of breath? That sure was one long sentence
without a period or a comma.
it always can transmit gps even without the batt.
TOPIC - im a local
hero im a firefighter and our dept has some sweeet walkies there the newest
motrolas there trunked also cell phones and easy to program also about 6 grand a
pop you could program any freq in and they will work as long as you know the
trunk stuff but you could do alot of damage but they are traceable i hit my
emergency banner once and didnt notice and they called my eng company with my
trunk id and lat and long so they have gps also anyone know what is supposed to
be typed to see the key log in bo
Hehehehe! Anyone have the Radio Shack catalog? "Hear your Local Heros at
Work".
TOPIC - tempest
theres alot of tempest stuff at l0pht laws and stuff but not how to get the
stuff i dont care about the laws damnit
TOPIC - bc230xlt
If anyone knows how to mod the bearcat 230xlt, please e-mail me! I've been
searching for months.
When I talked about cordless reception, I meant _other people's_ cordless
phones, if you get my drift :) I think my neighbors would think it a bit odd to
have me rooting through their house replacing cordless phones :) But anyways, it
really _is_ illegal for us to have tempest-certified shit? Odd... Big Brother
must like to keep tabs on his children.....
- Black Axe
There are a few other tricks, like putting ferrite chokes on all cables, like
the AC cord, the monitor and keyboard cables, etc. Or just get a less shitty
cordless fone! ;-)
Having Tempest stuff is just plain the fuckin' bomb
in my opinion!! I'm still kicking myself for missing out on a Tempest GRiD
(actually Toshiba) lappy on Ebay. What's funny is, I read somwhere that it's
ILLEGAL for private citizens to have Tempest stuff.
RFI..... hrm, what a bitch... little tip: cordless reception is greatly
improved if you shut off all electronic equipment in the room (such as
computers, monitors, etc etc.....).... butttt I was thinking.... would having
TEMPEST-compliant (i.e.-non-radiating) equipment/cases solve this?
Just a
thought, as I think we all know what kind of a bitch it is to have to shut the
machine off in order to get good reception.
-Black Axe
TOPIC - mods
hey informagnet why dont you set up a free web page of everything you will be
a hero
but if not i have a uniden
Yeah, those shitty old stores are GREAT! They just opened a Goodwill where I
live and all the hicks are overjoyed - Pre-Stained Clothes!!! And I picked up a
HP-41CV calculator with three app pacs for like $3! I sold it to some fellow
geek for somewhere around $70, hehe nice for a day's work....
yeah, theres this crap store near where i live, its full of junk like old
records no one wants and pretty much garbage. you can pickup some good stuff at
stores like this, i got a scanner and 2 working cbs for 10 bucks total
sorry dont think my last ones posted..
if u guyz want scanners for pretty
god damn cheap [like i have gotten em' for 50 cents...] go to a rummage sale or
flea market i dont like goin to these but u will b surprised at what u find for
so cheap i have about 9 scanners now i think the most i paid for one was $1.10
:) so give it a shot
if u guyz want scanners for pretty god damn cheap [like i have gotten em' for
50 cents...] go to a rummage sale or flea market i dont like goin to these but u
will b surprised at what u find for so cheap i have about 9 scanners now i think
the most i paid for one was $1.10 :) so give it a shot
TOPIC - scanners
fo cheap if u guyz want scanners for pretty god damn cheap [like i have gotten em' for
50 cents...] go to a rummage sale or flea market i dont like goin to these but u
will b surprised at what u find for so cheap i have about 9 scanners now i think
the most i paid for one was $1.10 :) so give it a shot
TOPIC - mod IT's OK ~INFORMAGNET~ , it was worth a try :)
i cant find ANY mods for the
bc60xlt-1, it kinda pissed me off, then i remeber how cheap the bitch was and i
dont care anymore (its a pretty damn good scanner for only 75$).
I only have the HR series Unidens, dammit - I I was sounding so smart
there.....
TOPIC - scanner
mod How bout the Uniden BC60XLT-1 ??
Yeah, and I popped about $40 for the set of two books from Ham Radio Outlet
on how to mod just about every fuckin' scanner and ham radio for "wider
frequency coverage" (read cellayer bandz and cop freqs...) so if anyone posts
what radeedio they have here I might just post how to mod it........
Elf-
Go to a pawn shop....hopefully they will have their scanners priced
low.
You didn't say whether you wanted a hand-held or a desktop
unit.....
For desktop units, you should get one of the Radio Shack
PRO-2004,
PRO-2005, or PRO-2006 ones. They have 300-400 channels, and can be
modified
to pick up the cellular band!
How 'bout at "raido shack"???
and if you want it cheep STEAL IT!!
OK does anyone know if I could get a good Raido Shack 200 channel scanner for
fairly cheap with memorty and can go up high in mhz?? Somone please get back to
be asap thanks.I want to get a scanner to listen to all kinda shit in my
area.Later Elf-
Elf-
You really DON'T want to call his pager directly from YOUR house....
What
you should do is program your dialer to dial OTHER pagers, and then send his
pager number to them. So when all those pager owners return the pages they get
from you, they will be calling his pager, thereby driving him crazy.
And
the calls will be coming from all those other people...
what does that have to do with scanners and frequencies?!
put that
post in the prank calls or general discussion if you want people to FuX with
him.
why don't you just have your task scheduler page him every 15-20
minutes while you are away. it'll really piss him off. or if you want to use
less items download the program over on UPS's page [catcall pg 4] and just run
that.
Hey guys please page/call this loser cop who thinks he is a hacker.
His
name is Nick Drehel, jr. Computer Crime/ Forensic Unit
His Office Number is
(281)405-5870
His Pager Number is (713)684-3785
He got me kicked off my
isp for having a hacking/phreaking page. He then called me and said that what i
was doing was illegal and he kept telling me shit like the FBI could have
arrested me and that he was doing me a favor. What a fucking dumbass.
I
suggest using PhoneTag Wardialer to pager bomb him.
So far for the past
couple weeks I have set my Win98 Task Scheduler and PhoneTag Wardialer to page
him at 3:00 a.m. everyday.
He doesn't know shit about computers and
phreaking. Please pagerbomb his ass for being a wanna-be computer cop. This guy
really deserves it.
i think i'll turn my ride into a mobile command unit.
hehe
the other day I was in a pawn shop and they had 3 trunk trackers for no more
than $70 each so if your looking cheap thats a place to look
hmmm
i never seemed to pick up anything interesting around 37mhz. i have
been able to pick up cars around 154.500mhz-154.999mhz. i'll check out that
frequency tonight.
question..
sometimes while scanning..my scanner
will go over some frequencies very slowly. my hypothesis is that there is a cop
car close by, because if i pause on the frequency that is the slowest..sometimes
i'll hear them talking into their cb. so the question is
am i
right?
phase..did i send you 2 emails and you only replied to 1? i
can't remember.
oh yea, i'll work on getting that annex id from radio
hack. also i saw some other cool stuff. they have a whole list of #'s [some with
passcodes] for activating cell phones, calling cards, and such. usually someone
is with me when i work, but i don't think they will know what i am doing when i
write them down...
>:)
Dark Cloud-
I have a scanner...I have an old (but GREAT) PRO-2004, with
the cellular band UNblocked.
I've had this scanner for about 8
years.
And that frequency, 155.145 ("Green channel"), is the main
dispatch channel for ALL of Boulder County, including the Sherrif's department
(500 series units), Lafayette Police (the "Lincoln" units), Louisville Police
(the 400 series), and even the City of Boulder when their channel ("Blue"
156.135) gets too busy.
Try listening to 37.100 Mhz for Lafaytte
car-to-car communications.
Click the link below to go to a cool
listing of frequencies.
or go to www.uniden.com and go to the online store thing, they got some good
scanners on sale, that where i got mine.
oh yea, i forgot.
The scanner i have is Radio Shack model 2044. It works
fine and only was about 100 bucks.
Hey phase..if you get a
scanner
the freq. for the Lafayette/Louisvelle police is 155.145
mhZ
You don't need 300 bucks to get a good scanner. Those 900mhz cordless phones
are expensive, and most people are just using the cheaper cordless phones to get
by. You can pick those up around 44mhz. If you wanna play spy kid, you can get
one of those ac to dc adapter things for your car, bring your scanner along to
the persons house you know has a cordless, and plug it into your car and start
scanning. You'd be able to pick up their conversations from a safe hiding place.
I don't know why you would really want to do that...but i would use it
to find out what that girl talks about when she's on the phone with her
chump-ass boyfriend whom which i fuX with his phones. I think i'll go full scale
and either tap his line or just cut it up into itty-bitty pieces.
>:)
I got this letter from Blue Box Kid, seems like his ISP is blocking
phonelosers.org here's the letter
From: "Blue Box Kid"
To:
qplayed@yahoo.com
Subject: HELP HELP RED ALERT!
Date: Fri, 25 Sep 1998
23:26:59 PDT
P-Phreak, brother phreak, phriend, phellow American. I am
writeing you
today in an urgent tone..... Tonight when i logged on, i found
that
our
site, yes phonelosers.org has been blocked by my ISP. This site
doesnt
contain any pornogrophy of any sort. It is for the pure knowlege of
phun. I ask you to paste this message in every forum on the PLA site.
As
President Kenedy said once, "Ask not what your country can do for
you, but
what you can do for your country." I urge you, my phellow
bretheren, to
dispose of any means of persuadement to change my ISP
into
un-blocking
our site. THIS MUST NOT GO ON! FREEDOM OF SPEECH IS AT
STAKE!
THANK YOU
FOR ALL YOUR HELP! PLEASE SEND THIS MESSAGE TO RBCP AND ALL
PLA MEMBERS IN
THE ORGINZIATION. THE ISP H/P IS WWW.INTEGRITYONLINE.COM
Blue Box
Kid
Idaho 208
HELP! WE ARE CURRENTLY UNDER OPPRESSION OF
US-WEST!!!!!
PLA OWNZ YOU! US-WEST!
Ya, mine changes freqs everytime it is used. In fact, it even(on the phone)
has a channel button which will allow you to change the channel even while your
talkin on the phone.
FishFood:
Somewhere here on the PLA board, is a list of cordless phone
frequencies.
You can program them (around 20), into your scanner, go up to
your neighbors house, and just scan until you hear him talking. If you listen to
him on different days, you might find him on a different frequency, so be
prepared for that.
thanks......one more question....less say i go up to my neighbours house and
want to listen to his conversations on his cordless....is finding the right
frequency guess and check or is there like a pattern?....thanks...again...all i
got to do now is save up like $300 and get one.....hehehe...lates
if you are from 817 mail me
1) Listen to the Secret Service making their plans to raid your
house
2) Listen to the cops busting your friends for criminal mischief
3)
If you know someone with a cordless phone, drive up close by their house with
the scanner and listen to them talk shit. [great for finding out if chicks dig
phreakers]
4) While phreaking from a telco box, you can hear if the cops are
coming down the road.
Those are some reasons for getting a
scanner.
>:)
1) Listen to the Secret Service making their plans to raid your
house
2) Listen to the cops busting your friends for criminal mischief
3)
If you know someone with a cordless phone, drive up close by their house with
the scanner and listen to them talk shit. [great for finding out if chicks dig
phreakers]
Those are some reasons for getting a
scanner.
>:)
FishFood:
The purpose of scanners is to automatically scan several known
frequencies, OR to scan a range of frequencies in search of interesting
signals.
1. You can listen to your local BIG BROTHER, police & fire
departments.
2. You can listen to neighborhood cordless phone
conversation.
3. You can listen to local businesses, taxicabs, security
guards, and paging systems.
4. You can listen to local ham radio
operators.
5. You can listen to the national weather service (if you don't
have a "WeatherRadio")
6. You can listen to the local TV station news crews
out getting stories, so you'll know whats going to be on the evening news even
before it's on.
7. You can SEARCH ranges of frequencies for new and
interesting things.
You asked for "legal" purposes, right? So I'll
leave off listening to cellular phones, and you might have to scratch off #2
above, in some states.
The reason for getting a scanner, and listening to
it is simple,....because it is still legal!
Since I CAN listen to the local
cops, I WILL!
wassup?!....im confused....i dont have a problem with scanners and infact im
planning on gettin one when i win the lottery.......but im confused......what IS
the legal purpose of scanners?....ive been trying to figure that out for a
while......thanks.
Anyone know any mods for the bc60xlt-1 ??
please e-mail me
Ray,
I think Dark Cloud was just interested in receiving signals, not
transmitting. So, finding or making an antenna of a certain length for optimum
performance on any given frequency is not that important. You can use crude
measurements when making a receiving-only antenna. The greater the surface area
(size), the greater its signal gathering ability.
And the formula to
determine the antenna length you need for transmitting is this:
468 divided
by the frequency you are using = the antenna length in feet.
For example,
to calculate the antenna size you need to transmit on 97.3 Mhz is:
468 / 97.3
= about 4.8 feet, for a "half-wave" antenna, which is a length that is half
the
wavelength for that frequency. Half-wave antennas are common, and easy to
tune up.
Hey ray, i thought of something the other day and i need ur opinion on this.
i saw at walmart the other day an indoor amplified antenna that works for fm and
am and some other freq. ok i looked on the back and it said 20 db gain from
40mhzto like i forget the top end but it would cover cordless if it inclused
freq as low as 40 so could i make a new connector on the end since it has the
little two split connector which connects to the tv to a plug to fit my scanner.
i was just thinkin that it might work and givin the price only about 30 bucks it
would work great for pickin up cordless which is what i do most.( i live in a
college apartment building) any suggestions or comments appreciated. thanks
The idea is not to have a larger antenna. You have to keep in mind that the
frequency you wish to transmit on is dependant on the length of your antenna. By
increasing the size of your antenna, you may also need to change the frequency
you travel on. There is a formula you must use to figure out how long your
antenna should be. Check out THUD magazine, issue one. They have an article
about "Pirate Radio for Newbies". It exaplins this in detail. Some saleswomen
they made Dark Cloud! They were going to let you spend the money, and then
refuse the return because you would have soldered all over
them!
-Ray
Hey Dark Cloud!
Do you mean connecting to antennas together, to make
ONE longer antenna? I guess that would work, but soldering to that chrome
plating on telescoping antennas isn't always easy.
You could make an antenna,
out of a BNC connector, a few feet of coax cable, and some insulated 20 gauge
wire.
Using a CB radio antenna to listen to scanner traffic also works.
You just need to get an adapter to convert the PL-259 connector on the CB cable
to a BNC to connect to your scanner.
would soldering 2 small antennas into 1 long antenna work for a home scanner?
how big of a difference would it make?
this was a pretty advanced question
for the women up at Radio Hack.
13036650923 <--number to them.
Dark Cloud-
You're right...cordless phones operate between
43Mhz-49Mhz.
The handsets are mostly on 49.xxx Mhz, so if you listen
there, you will only hear one side of the conversation. But if you listen to
43.xxx and 46.xxx Mhz, you will hear the base unit, which carriers both sides of
the conversation, and can be heard farther away besides.
i have picked up my neighbors cordless phones on the frequencies between
29-54mhZ. Mostly at around 45mhz to 50mhz.
DJ -
No, you can't modify that scanner to pick up cellular. The
scanners that you CAN modify to receive cellular alreadly pick up the 800Mhz
band, just not cellular. Doing the modification to them just re-allows cellular
phones to be received.
So to put it this way, if it doesn't have 800 Mhz
reception now, you can't modify the radio to receive it.
The other things
you CAN receive are cordless phones. Somebody posted the freqs on here a while
back.
To find other frequencies in your town, go to this web
page:
I bought a Uniden 55XLT from Wal*Mart in Hilton Head
SC for $25 dollars.
This was a good deal, but it doesn't scan 800Mzh and you HAVE to have a Police
Call
Book or know the freq. that you want to listen to (i.e. you can't just
scan up or down) What I want to know is
that if I can use this POS (piece of
Shit) for anything
other that just listening to my local pigs
yack?
Can it be modified? for anything? cellular or just to
get the
800 Mhz? can you modify it to pick up the
FM and AM bands? why is it illegal
to pick up FM on
a scanner?
Later,
Dj_kulture
P.S. I saw a
car stereo shop selling the same one for
$179.00 !! i only paid $25.00
new!!
I bought a Uniden 55XLT from Wal*Mart in Hilton Head
SC for $25 dollars.
This was a good deal, but it doesn't scan 800Mzh and you HAVE to have a Police
Call
Book or know the freq. that you want to listen to (i.e. you can't just
scan up or down) What I want to know is
that if I can use this POS (piece of
Shit) for anything
other that just listening to my local pigs
yack?
Can it be modified? for anything? cellular or just to
get the
800 Mhz? can you modify it to pick up the
FM and AM bands? why is it illegal
to pick up FM on
a scanner?
Later,
Dj_kulture
P.S. I saw a
car stereo shop selling the same one for
$179.00 !! i only paid $25.00
new!!
Ray -
I thought the maximum power allowed from cell phones was 3 watts,
not 5.
Lord Nemesis-
Go to the
newsgroups
alt.radio.scanner
rec.radio.scanner
and read the posts,
or post your own asking about the Pro-2006...but I think that it
is
modifiable. I know that the Pro-2004 only needs one diode cut to restore
cellular.
Dude, if it is a bag phone, those kind of rock. Although I wouldn't pay that
much for it. Bag Phones are generally 5 watts (the max power allowed), so they
really 'go the distance'. But I have been to thrift shops before and seen phones
for 30 to 50 bucks. Check out thrift stores first. Although I can almost
guarantee if you buy noe from there, the battery is probably
dead.
-Ray
At a pawn shop in town they have a realistic pro 2006 that has been there for
i know at least a year.... the guy has a price of 170 wrote on it... is this a
good price? how can i tell if this particular one is cellular modifiable? i have
read that all it u have to do is clip one diode but does that pertain to all of
these units or just a particular time manufactured... it looks old......
Dette er bare cape cod.|
wow dude your knowldge of scanners just blew me
away.
>:)
dark cloud: since you dont seem all to bright, its rather simple to see if
you do some research that more than one company makes scanners that will track
trunks. mine cost 350, i dont care if you think there is only one scanner that
will track trunks, cause there are several.
no you have to give it to me. and plus they cost 300 not 350.
for $350 ill give you mine
Anyone have a trunk tracker scanner? can i have
it?
>:)
Has anyone found a mod for the bc60xlt ?? if so i would relly appreciate it
if you let me know, thanks.
why would you waste the time to post a 'testing' msg, better yet why am i
wasting my time complaining about pointless shit?
testing!!
Do you know how many other countries teach their kids english? Remember, it's
AMERICA with the lousy educational system. Just look at the other posts on here
:)
b0b0 = BONEHEAD
hey b0b0, "scanner junki" is in Sweden, meaning
English is a second language to him. Don't knock him unless YOU can speak
Swedish, you dolt!
b0b0 = BONEHEAD!
hey b0b0, "scanner junki" is in Sweden, meaning
English is a second language to him. So don't knock him unless you can speak
Swedish, you dolt!
Please learn how to spell. You almost scared us getting a few of those words
right.
you are not lyssening, what is the EXAKT law and what doz it mean idi. read
below if you don´t understand.
well everyone knows cellular is illegal by federal law...
well.. ok. well but celluler. you did not anser that.
scanner junki: for starters if you are in sweden you would know the laws
better than me. but this being an american msg bored id i have to disagree with
you saying that listening to the police and .gov is illegal..cause its not. so
which ever the senario is i feel better sharing that.
dark spirit: as for
being cheap i can see where your coming from but i hadnt really used a scanner
before i got mine, though i had read every book i could find before i ever got
the thing, so i new what i wanted and what i could use it for. with out a job id
agree youd be best off to just get something small and affordable and then later
upgrade when the thing has taken over your life much like mine has. i take the
thing every where.
allso, if any swedish guys want all swedish police freqs, thay can be found
in vsp#3
What is realy the teknical laws of scanning.. it´s ovysly iligal to lyssen to
celluler, police and gov transmitiones.. but.. if thay do a seartch in my house
and find the scanner... what will happen, am i freed if i say i never use it, i
use it but not to lyssen to them, "i have that bank off all the time" and so
forth.
Allso, if anyone in Gotherburg sweden is wanting to sell you
scanner, i want it.
DIGIPHREG:
Ya but this will be my first time with a scanner, what if i
decide i dont like using scannerst, or if i decide i am getting bored with them
?? Thats $300 down the drain. And thats alot of money for a person without a
job, even for a person with a job, but more for a jobless person. I dont know,
maybe im just too cheap.
dark as for $60 being a good price to pay i figure you should go all out when
purchasing a scanner. this way you dont have to later update in the future. i
mean my first and only scanner was the pro90 which is still retail $299.00. so
cheaper isnt always better
I need some info on the rat shack Pro 91 scanner.
DARK~SPIRIT:
short-wave radios receive signals from about 150khz to
30Mhz
in AM, SSB or CW modes.
scanners receive signals from 30Mhz to
1.3Ghz (or maybe higher),
in AM, narrow FM, and sometimes wide FM
modes.
What is the difference between a shortwave recievr and a scanner ??
About
that military thing, i never wanted to record anyhting anyway, i just wanted to
hear what was going on in the Air Force base that is a couple miles away. And i
will finally be able to do so, because i just ordered the bc60xlt uniden, it
will be my first scanner so i figure a scanner for 60$ is great for a
beginner.
Regarding monitoring military communications with a scanner (or for that
matter with a shortwave radio), this is NOT (I say again NOT) illegal to do. In
fact, if you check the web sites of the various military services, some of them
even have frequency lists available for radio hobbyists.
It *is* however
illegal to divulge the specific contents of what you hear or use it for personal
gain (i.e. to make money or whatever). It is also illegal to eavesdrop on
scrambled communications. But other than that it is perfectly legal!
73
DE KNY2VS
If you want to listen to cops a trunk tracking scanner is worth it they are
fun sometimes or if you want to know where they are also if you want peoples
info listen to them they give every thing like jail time warrents ssn licn #
adress if you really want try to get them to pull someone you you want to screw
with pulled over and listen.
ohh, so what should i do then ?
i didnt know it was illegal to listen to
military freqs, woops !
dark: they really take your name and all that fun stuff so they can find you
out and watch you and yer girlfriend have sex. they record it and then sell it
to employees at the store. really you dont have to give it to them and im always
adding new ppl to there data base. shit they dont know your lieing. well in my
case they do cause im some one else everytime. you can tell them whatever you
want, but when byeing questionable merchandise they may be taking you name to
report to the feds. just my thoughts though do what ever you want.
I am looking to spen around 50$. so please concider that too.
If anyone is interested in selling a scanner that can pick up govt freqs and
maybe is modifyable(not required) please send me an e-mail and let me know.
to record from your scanner...goto ratshack and get a
male to male
headphone jack thing....get a recorder that has a mic jack on it.....plug the
cord in the earphone jack on yer scanner and the other side into your mic jack
on your recorder....it's best if yer recorder is voice activated
how do i record from a scanner , just put it next to a mic or is there a
special device that allows you to record from a scanner ?
Ohhh, i must have misunderstood that then, becuase i fugured that was why
they asked for your name and address and all that sort of shit, i figured they
aksed you that so they could send you a catalog. If that is not why, then
why??
um.. as for that catalogue id just goto radiosmack and get one. there less
than 5$ at mine and you will know your actually getting it. i also noticed you
said you bought a tone dialer from them. if you bought it at the store you wont
get a catalogue. you have to guy buy them. cause after all i buy from them ive
never gotten one and it doesnt take years to send a catalogue. anyways id just
save yourself the trouble and go in and buy one from them, it will save you alot
of trouble. better yet when you are there tell them you want to know about the
scanners. normally they wont lie just to sell them, but i will stress the
normally part.
i am just psting an address that was posted a LONG time ago and it has lots
of mod text files on it, i dont know how helpfull it will be but, i hope it
helps anyone who needs help.
ftp://204.210.11.204/mod_info/
Thanx eveyone who answered my question.
Speaking of the catalog, i
bought a tone dialer like a month ago and my catalog still hasnt come , how long
does it take to send a fucking catalog ?!?!
DARK~SPIRIT:
The "Pro" everybody talks about is a "model name" for
Radio Shack scanners.
Look in your Radio Shack catalog, if you have one, or
go to a RS store and
check them out, and you'll see what I mean.
hehe, that "suck" was supposed to be "such"
I dont know anyhting about scanners so dont bother making fun of me for this
question.......
OK, is pro a company or something and if so why does everyone
like it? i just noticed quite a few people talking about the radio shack pro
scanners. so can someone give me some info plz? thank you and sorry for suck a
stupid question.
Was wondering if anyone has come across plans to modify the Rat Shack Pro-66
to pick up the blocked cell frequencies. If you've heard anything, I'd really
apreciate an e-mail...
Also, if there's anoyone out there in the DC/MD metro
area, please e-mail me... ;)
Joe - better yet just save that money till you can afford something good.
Joe - Are you kidding!?!? Is that a joke?
Radio scanners cost about
$100 on up, depending on how many features you want.
You might find a used
one for less, look in your newspaper classified ads.
Go to RADIO SHACK,
and look at the "Poh-leece scanners".
how do i build or where do i get a scanner, how much do they cost? i only
have ten or fifteen dollars, is that enough?
well to start off after searching for hours ive found that the mysterious
cell phone type calls losernutz gets are around on that freq in my area. i
recieve the same type of thing on '851.7125'. anyways ive also noticed that when
i scan portable phone channels i usually dont get much, then tonight i had the
thing plugged into the wall and the batteries charging. i turned it on to see
what i could come up with and was all the sudden finding all sorts of portable
fone calls. correct me if im wrong but it the electrical system in my house
acting as one big antenna. whenever i unplugged it during this one call i wasnt
getting the other call and it would go back to scanning the channels. im
wondering if anyone knows how much further this is allowing me to pick up
things. so if anyone has ever come across this before please share your
knowledge with me.
cryovile: um was your last post directed at me you never said. i assume so,
but figured i might ask. and as for me getting show by the feds it aint likely.
im just not in to really persuing what there doing and like following them
around. i just sit at home and listen.
Glad to see that I'm not the only one who listens to art bell.
P.S. 2
more days until I regain my life! No more work. woo-hoo!
Well, i don't know any of the freqs, bt, they will either be very hard to
find (i.e., some speacial freq gov't reserved) or will be very ordinary, so much
that you might over look it. thats how our gov't works. byt the way, don't get
to close and get caught with that scanner, thewy are authorised to shoot you out
there, no questions asked (well, at least not till after your dead)
is there a page with txts and the like that tell you what some of the
questionable freqs are. like a list of cell phone freqs.
um...to be specific i was looking for ways to listen to cellular on it. while
im posting this ill ask my other question. for cord. phones am i not false in
saying that every channel 2 on one fone is the same as channel too on another?
what im trying to get at is there a specific set of freqs the portable phones
are on and does it change? i proggrammed in the list of them i found at the main
pla scanner page and never pick up anything with any of them. so if anyone can
help, i would be greatful.
HAY! last night i was listening to a guy named Art Bell on my raido and he
said that area 51 had people on a CB, or cordless phone or something you can
pick up on a scanner....but...he wouldnt give out the frequincies for it....i
might be going down to navada in a few months and i might go to Dreamland so i
might wana listion to it....so can some one git me the frequincies for it....i
would be so happy....
Digipheq........in case you didn't read what the Lineman posted, he explains
ways that scanners can be modified....if your looking for an easy way to mod it
like clipping a diode, i haven't found anything on it....anywayz what kind of
mods are you lookin for?....if you want to listen to cell fones there are some
frequencies that the pro-90 can pick up. 852.2375....this is one that the cops
use for some kind of radio phone....there are also airphone freqs you can pick
up, which are.......
channel ground plane
1 454.950 459.950
2
454.900 459.900
3 454.850 459.850
4 454.800 459.800
5 454.750
459.750
6 454.700 459.700
7 454.725 459.725
8 454.775 459.775
9
454.825 459.825
10 454.875 459.875
11 454.925 459.925
12 454.975
459.975
call 454.675 459.675
the ground stations broadcast an annoying
tone when not in use. the planes broadcast in simplex only, while the ground
station broadcast duplex similar to cordless fone base/handset operation. the
easiest way to monitor this service it to load first a plane frequency then a
ground frequency for each channel. after loading all the channels go back and
lock out all of the ground frequencies. scan the plane grequencies for simplex
transmissions and when you get a hit, press your manual key t jump to the next
greq....the locked out ground greq broadcasting in duplex!
does anyone know if there is a mod for the pro-90, ive looked around and cant
find anything. so im just wandering if anyone knows of any before i break out
the ol brain and do it manually.
h0h0.. greets.. well.. i saw one BIG fucking IDE card that was a scanner..
and you got software with it.. well the pricetag was so big.. like 3-5times a
normal scanner.... så you have to card it..
Well, i allsao wonder.. do
anyof you ppl have a txt that explains how the GSM and MNT servers work? like..
i found that on freq-lists there are like 400 cell freqs on one and so.. and i
programed like 30-40 into my scanner, randomly and i have found it to be more
trafic on those who were at the top of the list.. and allmos none on them down
on the list.. so i need this explaind.
If you would like to monitor Police on your PC, you may want to go to
http://www.policescanner.com They have a few major cities that you can listen to
live with Real Audio. If you would like to do something in your home? Forget it.
Go out and buy a scanner. If there is such a thing as an internal scanner for
the home PC, I would hate to think of what kinf of pricetag there would
be!
-Ray
sorry i made a typo, that 25khz should be mhz, most of you new that but i
didnt fell like looking like a dumb ass.
i saw this scanner the other day. it had 300 channels, went from like 25khz
throught the 800s, it also has the trunking crap. it was like 200 dollars is it
really worth it?
I am thinking about getting a scanner to mod. I have some questions though.
are ham radios and scanners hard to mod. If so i dont want to go tearing apart a
nice radio. thats all i need to know. Post because this minute i am not
online
For all you newbie scannists out there who ask newbie questions, allow me to
help. First, listening to cellular is ILLEAGAL. It can be fun as hell, but
that's not the point. Due to federal regulation, SCANNERS MADE OR SOLD IN THE US
OF A CANNOT RECEIVE CELLULAR. No exceptions. However, there are ways around
this. First of which being modification. Whole books have been written on this
subject. Read them. It's usually only a matter of snipping a wire that was put
there to short the cell band. Second method is to buy a converter. Ramsey
Electronics (yes, they do sell through Radio Crap) makes a converter that
"chops" all signals in the 800 to 900 MHz range in half. All you need to do is
hook it up to a scanner capable of receiving 400 to 500 MHz and your in
business. Cost is about 90 bucks put together or $50 for a kit. Your last course
of action is to buy your scanner in a country (i.e., Canada) that does not
require cell blocking. As far as cordeless phones are concerned, probably every
scanner made will pick them up in the 40 MHz region. The new 900 MHz band
cordless is fun to listen to also, however, some of these phones utilize "spread
spectrum" technology, which spreads their signal over a wide area. To recieve
this, you need to be in Wide FM mode. and tune around a bit until you zeroe in
on it. As far as "scrambled" phones, they use a speech inversion technique that
can be unscrambled using an unscrambler (duh). I think Ramsey sells this also,
and I know for sure that there are other electronics companies that do. No more
Donald-Duck-sounding cordless motherfuckers!
One more thing; Please don't
expect to buy a quality scanner with mega memory and lots of coverage for
anything less than about $130. It sounds like everyone that posts here wants a
great radio for a great (read, under $100) price, and it has been my experience
that you won't find your dream. Of courese, sales do happen...
Hope this
little piece helped. God willing and the creek don't rise, I'll be putting out a
whole guide for new scannists. Hey, we were all there at one time, right?
yes do any body know how to monitor
police transmission in real time on
computer??
Hey, I found a place that gives away a free frequency poster! It's pretty
interesting, and useful. The URL is
http://forms.omega.com/poster/
It's
absolutely free. I've already got two!
You are serious, right ?????????
AnarchyRules.com, THE Site for You H/P/A/V/C/+
Needs
Or, go to the web page below for LOTS of links on all sorts of
subjects.....
including CB/Ham Radio/Scanners, and "computer related" (heh)
as well....
CyberSin - Go to alt.scanner.radio, or rec.scanner.radio, as a starting place
to find info on scanner mods...
Or click the link below.
I was wondering if there were any mods for the pro-90. I would look at k5tc0
(something like that) radio page, but it's down :(. If you could be of some help
please put a post up. Thanx!
no it's not a cordless phone because i've heard them say before that they
were on their cell fone. and no they do use it for buisiness calls also. in my
opinion
the cops are not to bright, i hear them call their vmb's
talk to
their mistresses, call sex lines (losers) and all types of shit. but the only
thing that mystifies me is the dial tone i hear before they make the call, and
the beeping sound during the call. what i'm thinking is maybe they have a
cellular frequency built right into their radios....shit i don't know...again if
anyone has any info on this please let me know.
thanx losernut
losernuts...
I would guess that they are actually using a 900Mhz
cordless phone. I don't really know much about radio freqs, but that freq you
mentioned is under 900Mhz. Do they use that for all calls or is it more of
personal calls. I would have thought the cops would know better than to use a
commercial cordless phone for police matters.
Stihl
I recently bought a pro-90 handheld sanner from rat-shack. It doesn't pick up
cell fones, but there is one frequency that i have found 852.2375, that the cops
use for telephone communications. I don't know if it's a cell fone or not
because i hear a dial tone before they make a call, and about every minute there
is a beeping sound during the conversation. I am guessing it's a reserved
frequency for them. Could anyone explain to me what this is?
In the past, groups that broadcast frequently, such as police departments,
were restricted to transmitting on just a few frequencies. This resulted in
heavy traffic and often required 2-way radio user to wait for a specific
frequency to clear before transmitting.
Trunked systems allow more groups
of 2-way radio users to use fewer frequencies. Instead of selecting a specific
frequency to transmit on, a trunked system chooses one of several frequencies
when the 2-way radio user presses PTT (push to talk). The system automatically
transmits the call on that frequency, and also sends a code that identifies that
2-way radio user's transmission on a data channel
A trunked scanner lets
you select the data channel frequency that you want it to monitor, so you can
hear both the call and response transmissions for that 2-way radio user and
therefore follow the conversation.
Can someone please explain what a trunk is to me ???
http://www.phonelosers.org/ads/box_cactus.gif
Its called a SINCGARS (SINgle Channel Ground-Air Radio System). If you don't
even know the name of this ultra bitchin, freq hopping, secure-channel little
monster then I advise you to take it back to whatever Army installation you got
it from ASAP. Some poor ass Sgt. who you never met is having about 14 grand
slowly deducted from his pay until the end of his life. Otherwise RTFM, find a
Field Manual (FM) online or steal one of those from the same place you got the
radio. If you ever do figure it out (HA HA and they DON'T catch you using it
(and BTW its got GPS built in and it DOES transmit on the military algorithm so
they can pin point your young dumb ass down to about <10 feet. And don't
think that just because you didn't key the mike its not transmitting (i'd advise
taking out the battery just to be sure))) it'll be hours of fun in and around
military installations but only there cause they don't use 'em any where else
and it too line-of-sight to be any good on a long distance hop. How's that for
good use of multiple parenthesis'?
TOPIC - Military Radio
DATE -
07/09/98 16:57:34
FROM - Rizla
I ripped off a phat little army radio. Its
called a SINCARS, I think. What kind of phun stuff can do with it? What freqs
should I listen in on?
I am desperately looking for information and instructions on how to modify a
Radio Shack Pro-90 scanner to recieve cell phones. If you could e-mail me with
any info I would greatly, greatly appreciate it. Thanks!!!!!!!!
sup, im looking for some good/cheap scanners.
ie: ranges *KHz -
+800Mhz
over 200 channels
etc.
anyone know where i could get a
good
one that picks up cellular pls email me
My father is projects manager at a big time cabinet making place that grossed
9 million last year, and yet they are to cheap to get a walkie talkie system
that has more than 3 frequencies. One day my dad was sitting at his desk and
talking to someone in in a production area, and he started picking up the
conversation of a construction crew that was bulding some dairy expo building,
and it kept interfering with his hand held, so he started telling the boom
operators all kinds of different crane commands to screw them up, like "boom
left!" or "boom right" and lots of other stuff, to totally piss them off. Just
thought I would say this, even though it has no real phreaking value.
I ripped off a phat little army radio. Its called a SINCARS, I think. What
kind of phun stuff can do with it? What freqs should I listen in on?
Hi, I'm looking for any modifications on on Radio Shack PRO-70. It's a
handheld with UHF-VHF Hi-Lo. If you have any information that can help me out
just e-mail me. Thanks
need schematics, diagrams, specs, how-to instrusctions for modifying and any
other info on a "Realistic" TRC-207 "Walkie Talkie" its a 40 channel 5 watt
portable unit.
thanx
-bum
I AM THINKING ABOUT BUYING A SCANNER, BUT IT HAS TO BE FAIRLY CHEAP BUT STILL
BE GOOD, GOT ANY SUGGESTIONS???
IF SO JUST E-MAIL ME PLEASE.
I read a few posts asking about how you could break into cordless phone
conversations instead of just listening in on a regular scanner, and in fact
there ARE ways to do this.
I've been listening to regular 25channel phone
frequencies (46-49MhZ) as well as a little bit of 900MhZ analog frequencies for
some time now (Digital 900MhZ scanning is not possible yet, not with an
inexpensive home scanner anyway)and recently I doscovered the ultimate thrill
hehehe, listening AND talking with the people who are having the "private
conversation". There are HAM radios out there, a lot of them with receiving
frequencies that are the same as the cordless phone frequencies, so whatever ham
radio out there with the frequencies u wanna hear, you can actually bring to
someone, or modify it yourself so that u can also transmit on those frequencies
too. Most ham radios are locked out so that u cant transmit on those
frequencies, but with a little hacking in by a smart electrician, or "mdifying
guy", wherever u hearpeople talking on a cordless phone with your radio, u can
just press transmit on your radio and talk to them, like ur sending them a
message over a radio. It's pretty cool, once me and my friends went driving
around with his ICOM something radio that was modified, and with his antenna on
the roof of the car we went hunting for conversations all over the neigborhood
and we had a blast hehehehe. not like I'm telling anyone to do it, and not like
we actually listenined in on connversations.... that would be
illegal!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! hehehehehe, if anyone finds out any more info on how to
perform these modifications themselves, id be willing to invest in a nice little
ham radio for myself =)PEACE OUT HEADZZZZZZZZZZ!~!~!
Hey, I saw that thing that dude posted about frequencies, and well, he didn't
post very many of them
If you want Secret Service Freqs, you can get em
here:
Ok dudes, i just copied this off of a book from the 80's so dont get ur hopes
up cause they might not work anymore ok! I got some frequencies but i dont know
shit about scanners, it says u need a short-wave reciever(whatever that is)...
so here they are....
****AIR FORCE ONE****(in kilohertz)
6,756
13,201
8,967 13,215
9,018 13,247
11,180
18,027
****CIA****(MHz)
163.81 165.385
165.01 408.60
165.11
****DEA****(MHz)
163.185 165.285
163.535 172.00
165.235
172.05
****FBI***(MHz) (there were 2 pages full
120.425 164.46 of
these but im too lazy)
149.375 167.15
163.31
****SECRET
SERVICE****(MHz)
162.375
163.36
163.81
165.21
165.685
165.90
166.615
169.925
169.625
171.235
...AND
THATS IT... if none of these work, ohh well, it was worth a try.
PS
>> What is the span of frequencies most scanner can pick up ??
Ok dudes, i just copied this off of a book from the 80's so dont get ur hopes
up cause they might not work anymore ok! I got some frequencies but i dont know
shit about scanners, it says u need a short-wave reciever(whatever that is)...
so here they are....
****AIR FORCE ONE****(in kilohertz)
6,756
13,201
8,967 13,215
9,018 13,247
11,180
18,027
****CIA****(MHz)
163.81 165.385
165.01 408.60
165.11
****DEA****(MHz)
163.185 165.285
163.535 172.00
165.235
172.05
****FBI***(MHz) (there were 2 pages full
120.425 164.46 of
these but im too lazy)
149.375 167.15
163.31
****SECRET
SERVICE****(MHz)
162.375
163.36
163.81
165.21
165.685
165.90
166.615
169.925
169.625
171.235
...AND
THATS IT... if none of these work, ohh well, it was worth a try.
PS
>> What is the span of frequencies most scanner can pick up ??
VMS_WIZ - do you even know what VMS is?
I was originally interrested in getting an ametur license, and was willing to
do the morse code test, but I said to hell with it. I realized that about 99% of
the conversations on HAM radio are just about their own ham radio equipment.
hay get a real scaner or get your ham radio licence
than you can buy the
good shit i gust got a yaesu dual band transervier i carded of corse it was
300$
best thing i have ever saw am,fm,2 meter,440,cell,air,
2 way, vhf,
uhf i love it to death go get one it you whant to get the best.
I remember back when I first got a police scanner and i listened to this one
paticular HAM radio repeater. There was some renegade with his own HAM
transciever who would always hit the mic when other people are talking, cutting
them off. Then someone did an autopatch(phone call over the airwaves) of a guy
telling the state troopers theres a dead dog on the road. Then the guy butted in
with a sarcasticly sad voice saying "oh noooo theres a dead dog on the
freeway!". He rarely ever spoke. he usualy just hit the mic cuting people off on
all times of the day. Sometimes he talked, usually in a whisper.
Another
incident was this guy talking to this woman about coming home on autopatch. She
did not sound like she was in a good mood, and as soon as she said "What took
you so damn long?" someone at the repeater ended the call right there with a
computer voice saying "call complete". ha. those were the days
Is there any modification that may be done
to a scanner so that a
interaction with
the recieving signal may be done.
In other words, when an
individual gets a (example)
40-50mhz cordless phone conversation on the
scanner, that particular person could communicate back.
|recieve and
send|
I'd appreciate an e-mail rather than a post.
anyone know a good playz to card som scanners (one or 2)
how can i get the best reception with this small base unit? i am basically
just listenin to cordless conversations. like a way to hook up a small external
antenna or something like that.any suggestions appreciated.
2600trans...
I had a cordless phone when I lived in a large apartment
complex and I could hear all sorts of conversations. It was cool. I would scream
into the phone, but they could not hear me. I didn't know much about the
frequencies then, but it took time to sit down and scan channels 1-10 once in a
while to find someone on the phone.
Also it may be unlikely to find a
120v outlet near the telco box. If you lived in apartments then you may just
need a LONG extenion cord. The base unit will need the 120v outlet for power.
What would be cool is if you could hook one up and make it discrete. My cousin
had a cordless phone with a base. He purchased a separate charging station whick
you would keep in the bedroom. Anyway, you could leave your beige box there a
little longer and still charge your handset.
is it possible to usea cordless phone in place of a scanner? is it possible
to hook up the cordless phones base unit to someone's line and beige box from a
remote location?
I was wondering if anyone could tell me what is a good scanner. Something
under 100 dollars please.
Yeah, but don't forget what happened to those two people who recorded Newt
Gringrich's cell phone conversations... I think they got charged with some minor
"wire-tapping" or whatever because cell phones are protected under the 1986
communications privacy act.
I'm not saying don't do it...I'm saying don't
get caught.
i was watching Entertainment Tonight a week ago and they were talking about
someone who scanned tom cruises conversations with his wife and then sold the
tapes for a shitload of moolah. pretty cool idea to use on people if you lived
in LA or some place with a bunch of celebs.
-=sam .44=-
has anyone tested Rat Shack's big, extended coverage base unit scanner? Is it
worth the 300 bucks it goes for?
If you want to buy a scanner that will receive the cellular band, I'd suggest
going to either of the following newsgroups and asking advice
there:
alt.radio.scanner
rec.radio.scanner
click the link below
Anyone have a recommendation for a 150-200 dollar handheld scanner? I'd like
to pickup cordless's and preferably something that can be easily moded to pick
up cell phones, although that's not really a priority. It's summer, and my money
is burning holes in my pockets :)
WHat I need is a scanner to pick up portable phones.
about a year ago
I bought one for $200 bucks from Radio Hack. Someone in a ng told me that the
model I had probably couldn't pick up port. phones so I took back and never
bought another one. could someone tell me where I could get a farely reasonable
priced scanner to do such a deed?
- VMS_WIZ
HAS ANYONE BEN ABLE TO DECODE 900MHZ CORDLESS PHONES?
Frequency coverage 500KHz - 1900mhz
All mode reception AM, NFM, WFM, USB,
LSB & CW
True carrier re-insertion and specific SSB filter with non
offset readout
1000 memory channels
20 search banks
Datty, may i
play?
454.350 MHz (UHF) is a voice pager that will have an occasional data burst
once in awhile. You will hear someone give out a number either by verbal or
touch-tone.
I once listened to a railroad frequency @ 0230 hrs (EST) and was
able to copy down the touch tones and called the number which rang a phone or
PBX. I hung up before they picked up the phone.
Hay, i don´t get this... some ppl say that GSM are at 1.9GhZ and some say
thay are 800MHz... gimmi som fucking crrect info!
You be amazed what info you can get off a scanner. I manged to aquire address
mother madiens names ss# cc# and other info and password when people use the
airwaves. Cordless. cell, those airplane fones and even some police
activites.
Although I am fairly new to air waves, I honestly doubt a commercial scanner
could be purchased that would enable you to scan military frequencies. As for
cellular frequencies a standard television will do, get up into the channel 80's
and you can hear the conversations, it's an old trick so If I am being redundant
I apologize but I'm learning as well. Listening in on cellular conversations
with a scanner is also illegal.
I whent to ccrane.com and looked around and saw their BC9000XLT with the
modifying kit to get the rest of 800mhz, is there any other place I could get a
scanner that scans civillian and miliitary frequences and cordless/cellular
???
werd, I think I need to get more money so I can buy a scanner. Thanks for the
help though.
Skrike - I still think you should put your scanner (if you have one) in
search mode, and scan some frequencies you think that "walkie-talkie" is on so
you can find out which frequencies it uses, and therefore, which agencies you
can communicate with. (screw with)
Yes, I forgot to mention the switch up top, it is your standard 3 position
toggle switch. On the far right there is a picture of what looks like a letter z
with arrows at each end. In the middle is a picture of a speaker and on the left
is a picture of that same speaker with an X through it. I assumed the z with
aroows denoted 2 way communication. On the left side of the radio are two
buttons you can hold down. The top button seems to be a squelch type control,
where when you hold it down you hear the actual white noise all the time rather
than just when somebody speaks. And the bottom button does nothing that I can
tell, sometimes when Im scanning channels I play with It because I assumed it
was the morse code button. The other night while sitting in front of the local
movie theatre and I was scanning chanells and hitting the "morse code" button,
Some came on and was saying "Hello? Hello? .... " So I'm pretty sure they can
hear something strange. Any suggestions on 2 way communication?
a uniden beatcat 200channel is a good one, but card one or steal or buy a
stolen one, i´m not going to buy a leagl one.
allso, is thate a good and
cheep way to boost the signal of one of the partys in a cellular
conversation?
I am saving up to get my first scanner could anyone suggest one that is
powerfull ?
Thanks.
No, öhh..thay can´t.. not as hige as that, it woed be harfull to be near the
antenna if thay work on 1.9GHZ
Another problem with trying to receive the GSM frequencies on your scanner is
that GSM operates at about 1.9Ghz, and most scanners won't receive that
frequency.
hello, i got a text were sayd from witch freqs go were and so forth.. well, i
got my calculater and figerd out that if channels are 0.03 apart (as in the
text) thare are over 700 gsm freqs. and a scanner that is realy exensive takes
at the most 4-500 channels, and then you fill the scanner with gssm freqs but
then you can´t lyssen to all and NO cordless and so forth, you understad, anyone
with a solotion?
PL tones are a bitch on my piech of shit scanner. I have to know the tone to
talk. no little switch for me. dosn't help that it's really a 2-way radio, huh?
oh well
Ok, Skrike.....try here:
Skrike - You could go to Motorola's web page and see if you can find any info
there.
Possibly the reason the other people you hear, but they can't hear
you is because of "PL tones". PL tones allow more than one business in the same
town, to "share" the same frequency. Different companies use different PL tones,
so a company using a different PL tone than the radio you have won't hear you
when you transmit. There is probably a switch on the radio to enable or disable
the PL tone option, so you will either hear or NOT hear the other transmissions,
depending on whether they use the same PL tone as your radio.
(Disabling
PL tones allows you to hear ALL transmissions on a certain frequency, regardless
of whether they use the same PL tone as you.)
If you have a scanner, you
could key-up the radio on the different channels, put the scanner in search
mode, and listen for yourself. This way, you can find out what frequencies the
radio uses.
I kinda sorta came across a Motoorola 2way radio, the model number is mt1000.
Ive been able to pick up various frequencies, it has 8 different channels on it.
Ive heard Live Flight Rescues, Ambulance Stuff, what sounds like a private air
traffic control place, school buses and all sorts of crazy stuff. Periodically
there is morse code bursts and what sounds like Private Citizens talking. I have
never been able to get anyone to respond to me, I try to talk to them so either
they can't hear me or they are ignoring me. Does anyone know about this model
type? What frequencies it uses and what it is used for? If tried calling and
asking how much that particular model costs but they always act like it's a
crime to have this model and want proof of who I am. Kinda weird.
Uniden sells factory refurbished scanners...go to their web page and have a
look:
http://www.uniden.com/docs/product/refurb/refurb.htm
Does anyone know how to get a good scanner for a decent price? Also, if there
are any phreaks in 918 Oklahoma, then please E-mail me.
Hello. My name is Bob McDaniel. I am new to the internet, and am on my
friends machine. he is showing me how to do this. I have some kind of walkie
talkie / scanner radio, and I was told it is a good one. I am not into this kind
of thing, and want to sell it. It say "AOR 8000" on it, and has an wall plug in
for it too. I will sell it for $100 dollars if anyone thinks that it is worth
that. Call me at my home number, which is 541-607-1036. You pay for
shipping.
thankyou
Bob McDaniel
okay, as usual, if anyone is in the 219 NPA, please e-mail me!! You people
who are asking all the questions about scanners, should go get a copy of
"Popular Communications" it has the answers to all of your questions.
How much is it to get a writer for a pager? Can you use a certain number to
get free pages?
-{18004368638}-
MY DAD GOT ME A PRETTY GOOD SCANNER FROM
RAT SHACK THIS CHRISTMAS. IT ONLY
HAS A
THIRTY CHANNEL MEMORY ON IT. I WANTED THE HUGE
MOTHER FUCKER THAT
HOLDS 100 CHANNELS BUT
MY PARENTS WERE TOO CHEAP.
I WANTED ONE THAT COULD
I COULD LISTEN TO
FUCKIN CELL PHONES, BUT I WILL BUY A NEW ONE IN
A COULE
YEARS.
what the fuck kind of test could you be
conducting?
This is a test
Back in the good old days, I used to work at a Radio Smack. Those old
handheld scanners were the shiznit. There was one winter where only two people
came into the store all day, so we listened to cell phone calls. One such call
we listened to (and recorded) was a drug deal gone bad. One guy was saying "Im
gonna come over there and fucking kill you", and the other guy was whimpering
like a wussie boy. It was great. It went on for well over 15 minutes. I only
wish I had the tape. My co-worker split with it when he quit.
i find the most redneck things on my scanner.
people yelling niggers suck
or so other
racial shit. luckily the guy was moving and
i got his #
hahaha
My daddy bought me a shitty radio-smack scanner that can't even pick up
radio stations efficently. What a bug-fuck.
OK, First of all when you buy a cordless phone and it says 900Mhz, sometimes it's not, and anotherthing, price doesn't matter, somewhere someone said that all of the more expensive phones work on 900Mhz, that's not true, I bought a cordless phone with caller id on handset for $130 and i can pick it up on my scanner somewhere around 47Mhz and down to about 41Mhz, in conclusion phone manufactures lie sometimes. and if you pick up a conversation around 47 mhz keep searchin lower and you should here both sides of the conversation,
Cool. Now I gotta find an open channel(I only have 20) and start listening to the cabz. Of cousre the last time I heard cab talk it was all just, well, numbers being rattled off.
ok, I dont know how many of you know this, but this is for the people who dont,...I was scanning out of boredom today, and I came across a cab company, and since no one was using cordless phones just then, I listened,...anyway, about 45 seconds later, a guy came over the radio and said he needed to validate a credit card, my interest level peaked and I thought, "it cant be this easy", so anyway, he proceeded to rattle off the number of a gold mastercard, followed by expiration date, name on card AND name of bank issued from, then the dispatcher came back with the authorization codez....from this we learn 2 things, #1, cab companies are not boring to listen to, they can prove profitable, #2, never use a credit card to pay for a cab ride. Static
why don't you go to www.perconcorp.com and use their FREE database to search for some....
does anyone have any GOOD frequncies in the west texas preferably midland/odessa or lubbock area¿¿¿
I have looked everywhere, all the NG's, all the sites, and NO ONE has any mods for a Uniden BC 148xlt. Could someone please help me
nevermind.,...i got off my slacker ass and searched for it...thanx for the info....i need more info about this CAPS stuff ...but if anyone else needs the link here's a site with hardware/software and all..... -bum
Dang... can't find that www address... but there is a web page where you can download a schematic to build your own pager decoder that goes between your police scanner, and your computer.__Then there is a program you run that reads the input from the decoder circuit, and displays it on your screen.__ If you want to interecept your friends pages, you need to know the CAP code of his pager__ then you can have the software only show you pages sent to that particular pager.________ Shit... wish I could find the name of that web page to get that... I guess you can always try www.l0pht.com to start. Or here: www.axess.com/users/wookie/Hack.htm
whoa...thas cool...does anyone have an alpha-numeric pager msg decoder? or even a software one maybe? also..is there any way to immitate a pager..such as..............you know of someone that has a pager...is there some way to make a device to immitate his pager so that you can intercept pages? thanx -bum
A lot of the Alpha-numeric pagers are on the 900Mhz band. So... if you build a decoder, you can receive all those cool text messages, not just boring numeric pages.
sorry....i havnt really ever looked into this scanner stuff alot..i jusr always read about it i'm going start having fun with this tho i just have one question, there are 900mhz beeper frequences, ect, ect, ect that sounds really awsome...but what can you do with them? can you ONLY listen, or if so...what can you do with this stuff? help.... -tom joad
For scanner mods, you can start by going to the newsgroups: alt.radio.scanner and rec.radio.scanner Or go to Bill Cheek's web page, http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/bcheek .
If anyone knows where I could find MODs for a BC230XLT, could you please post something here? Thanx
if someone could explain "trunking" and how it applies to scannign freqs and the best way to handle it i would appreciate it my public safety recently went to trunking and i find it confusing thanks in advance for the help .i can be reached here or via email rksm@hotmail.com have a good day
Most scanners can be modified for 800 as easy as snipping a wire or a diode but if your scanners upper limit is 510MHz or so, you're not gonna get it. Or if you have an older scanner that wasn't made for such high of a frequency, of course that won't "cut it" haha sorry I had to do that. Anyway, you're not out of luck. You can easily with minimal tecnical knowledge build a downconverter. These will take a frequency range (in this case, 800-900) and bring it down to a different, usually lower, frequency (again, in this case will be 400-500). Now about all scanners can cover 400-500MHz without being modified. You hook the downconverter to the antenna input on the scanner and your antenna to the downconverter and tada! 400=800, 400.025=800.025, ... , 500=900. Now you can get cell on your scanner. Just simply remove the downconverter to recieve normally again. These downconverters can be purchased as kits from Ramsey Electronics, based in N.Y., and just call 800 info for their number. They'll send you a free catalogue with a bunch of cool stuff in it. Some good stuff for pirate radio and tv stations in there, too! Anyway, hope this helps at least 1 person. l8r all, Bob's Radio Show 9955khz saturdayz..
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have you been to rat shack lately?...last time I checked they sold dem soldering iron things you are referring to..usually around $10...but who knows?...maybe I'm wrong though...try da supermarket in the frozen foods section also they're great for heatin' dem frozen hot dogs right up ... and bein that Oscar Meyer knows this they include it with their hot dogs sometimes...jus ask wanna dem sekurity guard guys (or fem-nazis...gotta make sure I'm pelitikaly k'erect) standin at the front door --- karefel not to burn dem figers now
I thought everyone already knew this, but it looks like some of you don't. Almost all scanners can be modified to pick up in the 800Mhz cell phone range by simply cutting one or two wires on the inside; it differs from model to model of course, but it's pretty easy to find out exactly what to do. By the way, any people involved in H/P in the 218 area code?
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I was just inquiring, I recently downloaded a POCSAG converter/decoder for pager signals but I'm somewhat confused on how it suppost to work. The documentation that came with it was very inadequate. I read a post on here that stated that the scanner is wired through the puter (running POCSAG decoder)to decode properly. What exactly are the hookups? What kind of hardware/equipment is needed for this. Please respond