Evesdropping on phone calls

[herbenus]

I like it. I was also thinking along the lines of something more subtle. Like you just contracted a fatal disease. If they send flowers then you have em. Or gold buried in their yard. See if they buy a metal detector. Of course being the A#@hole that I am, I would probably sneak over and bury a bunch of nails in various locations first. Either way this could be fun. Keep us posted.

 

[Jimbrown]

Ordinary scanners can not receive your 5.8 gig phone and it is most likely a spread spectrum unit that is almost impossible to monitor with out some very expensive equipment. Normal scanners can hear your digital cell phone but the voice has been converted to tones and again it takes some expensive computer gear to change the signal back to voice. Your cell phone can be monitored if it is in the analog mode. It does not use the same frequency all the time but looks for empty channles to use. There are 624 possible channles located between 880.02 and 880.62 mhz and 879.39 to 879.99 mhz. Older scanners prior to the law prohibting them can receive these frequencies.

 

[rdam]

Like another poster said, anybody can point a parabolic microphone at your house and hear just about everything. Nothing you can do about it. I wouldn't worry about it unless you fear the neighbors will use information heard for criminal purposes.

I'd get back on the cell phone to save money and to [censored] with the neighbors.

 

[EdKing]

<font color="blue"> Do you know of any device that could detect what frequency my wifes cell phone is transmitting at? </font>

The easiest device to use is a spectrum analyzer with an antenna attaached, that is what I used to detect the frequency of my wifes old cell phone. I was looking into making a signal booster to get reception down in the valley where my house is. Unfourtunatly, a spectrum analyzer is a pretty expensive piece of equiptment ( I used one at the company I used to work for) a cheap low-end model would run several thousand dollars.

 

[PineRidge]

I agree, dis-information is the best way to find out if they are listening. Something like we won a lottery but we don't want anyone but the immediate family to know about the specifics. Then see if the info gets around.

 

[Hoosier_Daddy]

I try to live in a mythical world this time of year when I seem to crave a Red Ryder BB Gun. Mention some grand christmas gifts you received from your family, wife, employer or the gift you bought for your eavesdropping neighbor but not sure if he would like it.

Actually, I don't want anyone to know about the Goose I have that lays golden eggs so I buried them and now my neighbor owns the property.

You have created a monster in all of us with our evil minds.

 

[Inspector507]

I happened to buy a scanner that is capable of recieving cell phone signals before the FCC banned then from that spectrum. I used to listen to them all the time when we lived in town. Now I have no time between the chores and TBN /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif

 

[wroughtn_harv]

Spence there is one other thing that might be going on. They might have your telephone cable pair also going to their house, intentionaly or not. If they do they can have it on a recorder and you'd never know it.

You can call your telephone company and express your suspicions. They will check their terminal for any unauthorized hook ups.

It might also be that your phone line used to be an extra line at their house and the telco never disconnected the drop.

I would request a change of cable pair myself.

As for priming the pump. I think a little different than some of ya'll here. Instead of the conversation being about us I'd make it about them. I think them overhearing conversation about seeing her at a motel at lunch time would be a lot more upsetting than me winning the lottery etc.

 

[Hoosier_Daddy]

Geez Harv. Her at a Motel at Lunch. Love it !!!! See, it brings out the evil side.......

 

[lamarbur]

You know what? Make sure your neighbors are home, then call your wife, have her call you, then talk around the house for a while. Too bad your wife has to wait another 6 years before her 6 million inheritance is paid in full. See if that or something similar comes back. Another dumb question, could the neighbor once in their life time be baby sitters for whomever you bought the home from? Maybe they had a connection or something put in long ago.