Re: Newt's phone calls

[azur@netcom.com (Steve Schear)]

>On Tue, 14 Jan 1997, Steve Schear wrote:
>
>> Yes, you need a device which can simultaneously listen to the
>> paging/controll channels and determine, when a handoff to a monitored
>> conversation occurs,to  which new channel pair they have been assigned.  I
>> seem to recall such a device was for sale a few years back using a ISA/EISA
>> card and some DOS compatible software.  It connected to the ubiquitous and
>> well characterized Oki 900 cell phone.
>
>  I've also heard that some have hacked cellphones so that they can
>become a 'clone' of an existing phone, receiving all commands to swap
>channels, etc. But not sending anything back to the cell sites. (This is
>different from the usual cloning that goes on where they duplicate the
>phone and use it to run up enormous bills). I haven't found any concrete
>refrences to this in my recent browsing though, so it may just be a
>vapor-hack.
>
>  Brian
>

Try: http://www.l0pht.com/~drwho/cell/oki/oki-ctek.html

as a starting point.

--Steve