How to check if 8200 mk3 unblocked?

[winwin4all]

Hi. I just purchased mk3 and was told that it is unblocked version, how can I check it if there is even no sticker on the back, could you guide me what buttons to push to see the version and what frequencies should it catch? Thank you.

 

[mmckenna]

Try tuning it up to 870MHz. If it goes there, it's unblocked. If it doesn't, it is still blocked.

Pretty much it opens up the old 800MHz Cellular AMPS band. Since no one is running AMPS anymore, at least around me, all you get to hear is digital noise. I have a fully unblocked AOR 2300 and I think we paid $100 more for it when it was new. I wouldn't pay extra if it was my own radio.

I believe the olds AMPS band was 824 to 849 (phone to base station) and 869 to 894MHz (base station to phone).

 

[Paco-Jerte]

Unblocked scanners are pretty much worthless in the USA. Don't know about other countries

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[winwin4all]

Thank you for reply. Yes it does go to 870 and 850 but I hear nothing but static noise. So what is this hype about buying unlocked version vs. regular one? Are this 800's frequencies good in Europe? Do we even have anything interesting on them here in US?

 

[mmckenna]

Unblocked scanners are pretty much worthless in the USA. Don't know about other countries

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True, but people still want them. It's a left over law that the FCC has never really updated. It made sense back in the 1980's, but not any longer. Anyone that would have the knowledge to listen in on GSM or CDMA traffic today would not care about the FCC rule, and would be able to get receivers that are not blocked. I ordered ours at work since we have a number of services up against the 800MHz cellular blocks that, at least back in the Nextel days, could suffer interference issues. Running a large distributed antenna cellular system also makes it handy.
But, as a hobby, it's sort of pointless.

 

[Paco-Jerte]

True, but people still want them. It's a left over law that the FCC has never really updated. It made sense back in the 1980's, but not any longer. Anyone that would have the knowledge to listen in on GSM or CDMA traffic today would not care about the FCC rule, and would be able to get receivers that are not blocked. I ordered ours at work since we have a number of services up against the 800MHz cellular blocks that, at least back in the Nextel days, could suffer interference issues. Running a large distributed antenna cellular system also makes it handy.
But, as a hobby, it's sort of pointless.

True back in the early 90s it was a novelty to have a unblocked scanner. I know we all did at one point or another. From Pro-34 and up .. and from AOR 1000 and up .. and the list goes on.

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[lep]

True, but people still want them. It's a left over law that the FCC has never really updated. It made sense back in the 1980's, but not any longer. Anyone that would have the knowledge to listen in on GSM or CDMA traffic today would not care about the FCC rule.

Anyone (i.e. a US Federal Agency) that has the ability to listen to GSM/CDMA traffic is not subject to the FCC. The FCC has authority only over non-Federal agencies.