Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!accuvax.nwu.edu!nucsrl!telecom-request From: Jeff Crilly N6ZFX Newsgroups: comp.dcom.telecom Subject: Re: No More Listening in on Cordless Phones in California Message-ID: <11626@accuvax.nwu.edu> Date: 1 Sep 90 00:43:36 GMT Sender: news@accuvax.nwu.edu Organization: AMIX Corporation, Palo Alto, CA Lines: 27 Approved: Telecom@eecs.nwu.edu X-Submissions-To: telecom@eecs.nwu.edu X-Administrivia-To: telecom-request@eecs.nwu.edu X-Telecom-Digest: Volume 10, Issue 614, Message 6 of 9 In article <11018@accuvax.nwu.edu> faunt@cisco.com (Doug Faunt N6TQS 415-688-8269) writes: X-Telecom-Digest: Volume 10, Issue 579, Message 5 of 9 >>By the time everyone gets their "protected" status, the only kind of >>receiver the public will be able to buy will be for broadcast >>transmissions. Judging from the state of broadcasting these days, it >>won't be long before interest wanes in these as well. >In Germany, the ICOM R1, which is a receiver with a range of 100kHz to >1300MHZ (in most places), is sold with a VERY restricted range, 13.95 >to 14.5MHz, 28-29MHz, 144-146MHz, 430-440MHz, and 1240-1300MHz. These >are basically some ham bands. It's pretty clear that the Germans >don't want their citizens listening to anything but hams and >broadcasts. Because of "production and distribution problems" (ICOM's reason) you can't even buy an R1 in the U.S. Some people argue that it ICOM is holding back because of the 800 mhz coverage and legal hassles of selling such a device that covers cellular frequencies. Jeff Crilly (N6ZFX) AMIX Corporation 2345 Yale Street Palo Alto, CA 94306 jeff@amix.com, {uunet,sun}!markets!jeff