I can't believe it.

[lanbergld]

Tonight on 44.08 MHz I got a you-know-what. I was shocked. I haven't picked up this type of transmission since the 1980's. It was the last thing I expected to hear. For certain reasons I also don't think it came from my neighborhood.


Larry

 

[kma371]

Tonight on 44.08 MHz I got a you-know-what. I was shocked. I haven't picked up this type of transmission since the 1980's. It was the last thing I expected to hear. For certain reasons I also don't think it came from my neighborhood.


Larry

No. We don't know what. What was it?

 

[GTR8000]

Old cordless phone frequency range.

 

[kma371]

Old cordless phone frequency range.

Oh. Thought those were 46.61-46.97 something?

 

[com501]

Some people run 100w Syntor X9000s on those frequencies.... -just sayin'.....

 

[KB7MIB]

Wirelessly posted (Opera/9.80 (BREW; Opera Mini/6.0.3/27.2338; U; en) Presto/2.8.119 320X240 LG VN530)

Cordless phone bases ran from 43.720-44.480 (channels 1-15) and 46.610-46.970 (channels 16-25). The handsets ran from 48.760-49.990. All ranges were shared with and/or interspersed between other radio services, including Motor Carrier (buses and trucks), Forest Products, Petroleum Production, and the military. Plus the 5-channels used by 47 CFR Part 15 49MHz walkie-talkies. (Per Police Call's Consolidated Frequency List, circa 1998.)
44.080 is not a valid cordless phone frequency. 43.960 was channel 6 and 44.120 was channel 7. 44.080 was a Motor Carrier - Trucks allocation.

 

[awattam]

One of our neighbours still has one running at around 903mhz. At least I am told that as I have never tuned in and listened..

 

[lanbergld]

Delete.

 

[wbswetnam]

Remembering the mid 1980s

Yes, I remember back in the mid 1980s when many cordless phones used 46 Mhz range, and the popular Bearcat 800XLT could pick up cellular telephone calls because they were still analog and the frequency band wasn't blocked on scanners at the time. Of course, I never listened in on any of those things.

 

[WB4CS]

Yes, I remember back in the mid 1980s when many cordless phones used 46 Mhz range, and the popular Bearcat 800XLT could pick up cellular telephone calls because they were still analog and the frequency band wasn't blocked on scanners at the time. Of course, I never listened in on any of those things.

Since the OP hasn't chimed back in except to post something that he later edited to say "delete" I'm not sure if we're getting off topic or not

Ahh the good old 46 MHz cordless phones... You could learn a lot about your neighbors with a scanner back in those days.

 

[KB7MIB]

Wirelessly posted (Opera/9.80 (BREW; Opera Mini/6.0.3/27.2338; U; en) Presto/2.8.119 320X240 LG VN530)

I can recall picking up cordless phones between the AM BCB and 160m many, many years ago.
Once in a great while I'll search the 33cm Ham band looking for FM repeaters (there's maybe a handful around the Phoenix metro area, but either they aren't all that active, or they aren't in range) and run across a cordless phone. There used to be a baby monitor there as well, that seemed to be in the same exact location as a 49MHz one. The audio was identical. (I have a pair of 5-channel 49 MHz walkie-talkies from RS, and I check the band for activity once in awhile.)