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Your neighbors who have scanners can hear every bit of your conversation if your talking on a cell phone or a cordless phone. Cell phones have long rang and cordless only a block or two. Not to mention big brother listening in on land lines.
Do you have sustainable evidence to prove this?
To the person who said having a police scanner is illegal, where do you live? In many states it is legal.
To the guy who said he can't hear officers conversing on the scanner. Are you sure you have the right code for your department?
Your neighbors who have scanners can hear every bit of your conversation if your talking on a cell phone or a cordless phone. Cell phones have long rang and cordless only a block or two. Not to mention big brother listening in on land lines.
I think it is harder to listen to a cell phone frequency, than a cordless phone frequency, or you at least need more sophisticated equipment.
Mine is a Pro-97. It's looks similar to the one in that picture but the front is silver. I don't even know what half of those buttons are for. I had a friend set the frequencies I want, I just turn it on and off.
All cell phones are now digital and it would be difficult to hear anything with VERY fancy equipment. Most cordless phones are now digital and or frequency hoping so they are likewise very hard to hear. Older cordless phones that are on the 49mhz band are easy, but they haven't been sold in a while so there aren't many around. If you live near a large city you can just about bet that they've gone or are in the process of going to a trunked or fully digital system. This is ll part of Homeland Security want interoperatablity between services.
In rural areas you can still hear some small town police and volunteer fire departments but evne they're going to be trunked soon.
If you run out of stuff to listen to you can try some of the ham radio freqs, 145-147 mhz, 444-446 mhz are some bands you might try searching for hams. 145.800 is the downlink freq, for the Internationa Space Stations ham radio, you can hear them IF they're over head.
I think it is illegal in most states to use a scanner in your car unless you are a volunteer fireman or some such.
I know all 50 states have exempted licensed ham radio operators from scanner laws.
I have several 2 at home one in my truck and one at work . But I am a Fire-Police officer with my local Vol. Fire Dept. I also have a county owned 2way in my truck to converse with county and other equipment/officers.
As for not being able to hear some of your local depts. Some have gone to 800-900 freq. Some have gone digital , the next county over from me goes digital at the end of the yr. They will not be simalcasting on any freq. that most scanners will pickup So I can either buy a $600 new scanner to have a headsup to what is going on or just wait for a dispatch from my county for mutual aid.
But even before I was a member of the Fire Dept. I have always had a scanner from the time I was a teen (46 now). It drives my 13yr old son nuts to have them on almost all the time...lol. But after listening to them for years, I sorta know what to listen to and what to ignore.
Happy scanning all
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