Who remembers cordless telephone convos on your scanner?

[rf_patriot200]

I'm really surprised how well the batteries have held up over the years, in some of the 902-928 cordless phones ! I heard 2 in my building last night ! Of course they could have bought new batteries if they knew where to get them.

 

[krokus]

In the early 2000s, I stumbled into a phone call, with someone ordering stuff. Had the caller's name, address, card info, etc. I remember thinking that I hope no one else was catching all that.

In the mid 90s, I came home on leave, and my aunt was not amused at me being able to pick up her phone calls on my Pro-39.

 

[Dude111]

I remember listening to 800Mhz cell calls... Its amazing the stuff you heard there! (People swore alot,etc)

I dont think anything is in 800 anymore is there??

 

[rf_patriot200]

I remember listening to 800Mhz cell calls... Its amazing the stuff you heard there! (People swore alot,etc)

I dont think anything is in 800 anymore is there??

Nothing Analog, except maybe on simplex.

 

[mmckenna]

I remember listening to 800Mhz cell calls... Its amazing the stuff you heard there! (People swore alot,etc)

I dont think anything is in 800 anymore is there??

800MHz cellular band is still used. That spectrum is assigned by the FCC and it is extremely valuable. The cell carriers are not going to give it up.

What is there is all wide band emissions (often 10MHz uplink and downlink), digital, fully encrypted. If you have a radio that covers this spectrum, all you'll hear is an annoying buzz.

 

[nd5y]

I dont think anything is in 800 anymore is there??

If you mean the 869-894/824-849 MHz cellular band then yes it's still used. Just no more AMPS analog. Mostly LTE now. Some areas might still have GSM or CDMA2000.