Is it possible to listen to digital home phones with a radio scanner?
Nope – sorry ! Digital home phones don’t normally get encrypted, however… As it’s a digital signal – you’d need a digital to analogue decoder. Additionally, as it’s broadcast in “split frequency duplex” (two frequencies broadcasting at the same time) you’d need TWO scanners to listen to both sides of the conversation. There are basically three methods of two way communication… Single frequency simplex – CB radio for example – where only one person can transmit at a time on a single channel. Split frequency simplex – Emergency services and taxi’s for example – where the base station transmits on one frequency and the mobiles/handsets broadcast on another (usually 13.
