3 ms·
When I was just starting elementary school in Detroit my best friends dad was a high power exec who had a radio phone. He would sometimes take me to school as
by rmason 4y ago
When I was just starting elementary school in Detroit my best friends dad was a high power exec who had a radio phone. He would sometimes take me to school as they lived just down the street. I never saw him use the phone but my father told me once there was a very small number available for the city and it was quite expensive.
- Spooky23 4y agoA friend obtained a scanner that allowed you to hear one side of those conversations for mobile and marine radio. We used to listen once in awhile. One guy in particular was hilarious - he’d call to let the wife know the plane was delayed and he’d be home late, then call his girlfriend to have her drop by the boat. The dude would talk in very obvious “code”. “Need some help with the salami”, etc.
- Eleison23 4y ago[dead]
- joezydeco 4y agoBack in the USENET days it was pretty common knowledge if you took a Bearcat 200XLT and removed a resistor you could tune into the analog cellular frequencies. http://textfiles.com/hamradio/MODIFICATIONS/bc200xlt.txt http://textfiles.com/hamradio/MODIFICATIONS/bc200xlt.txt It worked pretty well although it was half duplex so you only heard one side of the conversation. Sometimes the speaker bled into the mic and you could hear a little more.