Ha, well, it was the wireless phones i was interested in to be honest. Always curious if a scanner did such coverage. I come over the Alinco DJ-X2000 which goes as low as 100khz, but not low enough!
back in the day, around 97 or so, I had a scanner that was capable of monitoring the analog cell phone band, found out by accident, do not recall the model number or anything, but I know that the girl I was dating over heard a conversation she did not want to hear. but yeah, its not legal, they dont make any that do that I am aware of.
At one time, there were scanners that could cover nearly everything. Then the cellular industry, trying to ensure the 'privacy' of cell calls got Congress to pass legislation making illegal to monitor cell traffic and also making it illegal to sell or modify a scanner to receive cellular signals.
You will see some radios sold that are unblocked, but you need to have 'official' government authority to purchase them. Meaning a contract issued through a government contracting office AND additional justification like the agency is law enforcement and has the need to monitor the blocked channels.
Lastly though, the vast majority of cellular traffic is now digital and thus not able to be monitored anyway. So why waste your time and money to buy a radio that won't let you break the law the way you want (i.e., monitoring cell calls).
If you really want to waste time on the topic, search through the various threads in RR as this topic has been discussed (and the 'dis' dropped occasionally) pretty much to death.
JUST MAKE A STICKY SAYING THAT ITS ILLEGAL AND NOT POSSIBLE
OMG! WE GO THROUGH CEL PHONE THING EVERY WEEK!
JUST MAKE A STICKY SAYING THAT ITS ILLEGAL AND NOT POSSIBLE
And cellular is digital, you can get a scanner that can decode that type of digital and encryption that the cell phone use
Not the place to ask these questions- this is an illegal activity and will get you banned from this site.
It is not legal to monitor the cell bands.
Ha, well, it was the wireless phones i was interested in to be honest. Always curious if a scanner did such coverage. I come over the Alinco DJ-X2000 which goes as low as 100khz, but not low enough!
Not the place to ask these questions- this is an illegal activity and will get you banned from this site.
It is not legal to monitor the cell bands.
Hi, i was wondering if anybody could point me in the right direction to a decent base scanner (if there is one that does such coverage) that'd cover from 0khz right up to 2500mhz with no gaps.
Thanks.
Or report it and I'll close it.
Hi, i was wondering if anybody could point me in the right direction to a decent base scanner (if there is one that does such coverage) that'd cover from 0khz right up to 2500mhz with no gaps.
Thanks.
I won't be creating a sticky, unless another mod disagrees and creates one, simply because people won't read them (typically the people asking this question) and it being a US specific thing.
My best advice......don't respond to the thread. Or report it and I'll close it.
I was just curious, jesus, how about you get off your high horse and keep quiet?