[Re: [rescue] interesting geek toy]

[Dave McGuire]

On July 15, wa2egp at att.net wrote:
> But you can make a simple converter or other device to 
> receive it if you desire.  Of course the cell phone 
> industry does not want customers to know that their 
> conversations could be monitored.  Spread spectum and 
> other techniques make this close to impossible though.

  As I understand it, the FCC only allows certain PN sequences to be
used in DSSS telephony systems...significantly narrowing the
possibilities one would have to search.

         -Dave McGuire