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- From: MPA15AB!RANDY@TRENGA.tredydev.unisys.com
- Newsgroups: comp.dcom.telecom
- Subject: Re: Cellular Frequencies
- Message-ID: <telecom12.708.10@eecs.nwu.edu>
- Date: 14 Sep 92 04:33:00 GMT
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- X-Telecom-Digest: Volume 12, Issue 708, Message 10 of 11
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- Pat, our Moderator, notes:
-
- > One 'problem' (smirk!) reported by people who illegally monitor cellular
- > conversations via their scanner is that one never gets to hear the *entire*
- > conversation from start to finish. The scanner will be cycling -- searching
- > for something -- and lock in on a conversation in progress. As one listener
- > put it, " ... about the time the conversation started to get juicy -- really
- > interesting to listen to -- the vehicle moved out of range and the tower
- > dropped the call, giving it to another tower somewhere. I tried stepping
- > quickly around the band manually, but never could find it. "
-
- Pat, I don't imagine this would be too big a problem if one were to
- live in an area with frequent traffic congestion, say near a
- California highway or resort town. In such a case, it would be far
- more likely for the vehicle to stay put, while the occupant carries on
- a nice long chat.
-
-
- Randy Gellens randy%mpa15ab@trenga.tredydev.unisys.com
- >>>>>>> If mail bounces, forward to rgellens@mcimail.com <<<<<<<<
- Opinions are personal; facts are suspect; I speak only for myself
-
-
- [Moderator's Note: Well the same situation exists here in Chicago
- during the past few years; traffic during the day and early evening
- moves at a snail's pace on the main roads and highways ... but some
- people tend to stay on the cell phone a long time, I guess, especially
- if someone else is footing the bill for them, i.e. local politicians
- with cell phones here who charge it off to government paid expense
- accounts. PAT]
-