Article 87797 of rec.radio.scanner: Path: matra.meer.net!news1.best.com!newshub1.home.com!newshub2.home.com!news.home.com!howland.erols.net!europa.clark.net!newsfeed.gte.net!news-in.iadfw.net!excalibur.flash.net!not-for-mail From: MiKeY Newsgroups: rec.radio.scanner Subject: Re: ********WHY MOD SCANNERS FOR CELL?************* Date: Sat, 12 Jul 1997 14:25:40 -0500 Organization: Flashnet Communications, http://www.flash.net Lines: 62 Message-ID: <33C7DA34.1F319B1@usa.net> References: <19970614204500.QAA10605@ladder02.news.aol.com> <5nv79b$mg8$1@web.evansville.net> <33B18A87.3D0@earthlink.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: ctc14-189.flash.net Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.01 [en] (Win16; I) X-Priority: 3 (Normal) Xref: matra.meer.net rec.radio.scanner:87797 A-Bunker wrote: > give the guy a break huh thats at least upward thinking....another > idea > to help us all out I for one have old bag phones that they tell me to > keep when the contract is up. so I would like to know what to do with > em > when they are just sitting there collecting dust because I sure wont > take just 25 bux for ir > > Duby wrote: > > > > EugeneD wrote: > > > > > > I have seen endless postings of people asking and giving mods > for > > > scanners to allow cellular telephone recepeption. But did you > ever stop > > > to think how much easier it would be to mod a cell phone into a > cellular > > > scanner??? Before you start laughing at me, think about this: > Cellular > > > phones are specially made to be used on cell freqs, but scanners > are > > > specially made NOT to be used on cell freqs. Instead of wasting > time, > > > money and possibly taking the risk of messing up you scanner you > could do > > > a very simple mod to a cell phone. Want an example? On the 94' > Motorola > > > (R) flip phones there are three power pins on the side of the > phone. The > > > two outside ones are used to give the phone power, but the inside > pin is > > > lowered so it JUST doesn't touch the battery. Now the mod is: > put a > > > piece of tin foil in the center pin, and close up the phone. It's > that > > > simple! Then you just press #, #08, #11xxxx, xxxx can be > replaced with > > > any number between 1 and 1000 to set it to the proper cell > channel. Now, > > > compare this to the often fatal mods that can be done to > scanners. Cell > > > phones can be bought for as cheap as $15 at flea markets (that's > how I got > > > mine.) If you want some more info on this you may email me. > > > > > > Bye, 73's, > > > EugeneD@aol.com > > > > Now that's About the tallest one I've heard yet,But I once sowed a > > silver button a walkman and heard Data programing the holodeck in > Alpha > > Quadren. Actually he is quite correct about that flip phone mod. It will allow you to listen to cell calls. Unfortunately it will not scan channels, you can only load one channel in at a time which can be tedious. MiKeY Article 87798 of rec.radio.scanner: Path: matra.meer.net!news1.best.com!su-news-hub1.bbnplanet.com!cpk-news-hub1.bbnplanet.com!news.bbnplanet.com!europa.clark.net!newsfeed.gte.net!news-in.iadfw.net!excalibur.flash.net!not-for-mail From: MiKeY Newsgroups: rec.radio.scanner Subject: Re: ********WHY MOD SCANNERS FOR CELL?************* Date: Sat, 12 Jul 1997 14:28:51 -0500 Organization: Flashnet Communications, http://www.flash.net Lines: 63 Message-ID: <33C7DAF3.4179E59F@usa.net> References: <19970614204500.QAA10605@ladder02.news.aol.com> <5nv79b$mg8$1@web.evansville.net> <33B18A87.3D0@earthlink.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: ctc14-189.flash.net Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.01 [en] (Win16; I) X-Priority: 3 (Normal) Xref: matra.meer.net rec.radio.scanner:87798 A-Bunker wrote: > give the guy a break huh thats at least upward thinking....another > idea > to help us all out I for one have old bag phones that they tell me to > keep when the contract is up. so I would like to know what to do with > em > when they are just sitting there collecting dust because I sure wont > take just 25 bux for ir > > Duby wrote: > > > > EugeneD wrote: > > > > > > I have seen endless postings of people asking and giving mods > for > > > scanners to allow cellular telephone recepeption. But did you > ever stop > > > to think how much easier it would be to mod a cell phone into a > cellular > > > scanner??? Before you start laughing at me, think about this: > Cellular > > > phones are specially made to be used on cell freqs, but scanners > are > > > specially made NOT to be used on cell freqs. Instead of wasting > time, > > > money and possibly taking the risk of messing up you scanner you > could do > > > a very simple mod to a cell phone. Want an example? On the 94' > Motorola > > > (R) flip phones there are three power pins on the side of the > phone. The > > > two outside ones are used to give the phone power, but the inside > pin is > > > lowered so it JUST doesn't touch the battery. Now the mod is: > put a > > > piece of tin foil in the center pin, and close up the phone. It's > that > > > simple! Then you just press #, #08, #11xxxx, xxxx can be > replaced with > > > any number between 1 and 1000 to set it to the proper cell > channel. Now, > > > compare this to the often fatal mods that can be done to > scanners. Cell > > > phones can be bought for as cheap as $15 at flea markets (that's > how I got > > > mine.) If you want some more info on this you may email me. > > > > > > Bye, 73's, > > > EugeneD@aol.com > > > > Now that's About the tallest one I've heard yet,But I once sowed a > > silver button a walkman and heard Data programing the holodeck in > Alpha > > Quadren. Also on Motorola bag phones, if it has a 15 pin connector, you just short the two pins on the handsfree mic connector together, and if it has a 25 pin connector, you ground pin 21. MiKeY