How much do we need to monitor radiation in our home?

Q. Ever since we had our daughter, my husband is obsessed with eliminating any sources of radiation in our house. He wants to turn off our wireless router, stop using cell phones, and stop using the video baby monitor in the nursery because he has read that all of these things give out harmful amounts of radiation, especially impacting the development of children's brains.
Is there any validity to his concerns? Or is he just being an overprotective parent?

A. he,s a little overboard, and misdirected. you get much more radiation on a long distance plane flight than you do from those sources. living in high elevations is a greater risk than living downwind from a nuclear power plant. you get more radioactivity from living downwind of a coal fired power plant.

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listen to other cell phone conversations with a device?

Q. how is it possible to pick up cell phone conversations with a device, or a baby monitor.

A. Only analog cell phone conversations can be intercepted with a scanner. And almost no one has analog phones anymore. The newer CDMA or GSM phones use digital encoding techniques that prevent the casual listener from intercepting the conversations.

Baby monitors will NEVER overhear cell-phone conversations. Baby monitors operate at 900MHz or 2.4GHz; cell phones do NOT operate in those frequencies. However, home cordless phones DO operate in those frequencies, and these are the conversations that are often overheard by baby monitors. Newer cordless phones use the same digital encoding used by cell phones, so a new phone won't be overheard by a baby monitor.

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Is it possible for a phone with a cord to pick up other phone conversations?

Q. I know it sounds odd, but I just picked up the phone a second ago to call my friend. There was no dial tone, but I heard another conversation on the other end. I know baby monitors can pick up cell phone conversations, but can a land line? And I get it, this is weird, but thanks if you can answer or have an opinion. xD

A. cross talk happens all the time.

if the other caller "over drives" the call by screaming into the phone or if the line is flooded with water, you can get cross talk.

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Is there any way to prevent my cell phone conversations from being picked up on the baby monitor?

Q. Sometimes people call me at night and my conversations get picked up by the baby monitor in my parents room. Is there any way to keep this from happening? I'd rather not them hear some of the stuff me and my friends talk about. They keep the monitor on all night and I can't turn it off.

A. Is it cell or just cordless. A baby monitor shouldn't pick up a cell phone. In either case you can get a digital cell phone or a digital cordless phone. The baby monitor may pick up the signal, but it won't be able to decode the digital signal and no one will be able to understand a word you say.

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Is it possible for a phone with a cord to pick up other phone conversations?

Q. I know it sounds odd, but I just picked up the phone a second ago to call my friend. There was no dial tone, but I heard another conversation on the other end. I know baby monitors can pick up cell phone conversations, but can a land line? And I get it, this is weird, but thanks if you can answer or have an opinion. xD

A. cross talk happens all the time.

if the other caller "over drives" the call by screaming into the phone or if the line is flooded with water, you can get cross talk.

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Is there any way to prevent my cell phone conversations from being picked up on the baby monitor?

Q. Sometimes people call me at night and my conversations get picked up by the baby monitor in my parents room. Is there any way to keep this from happening? I'd rather not them hear some of the stuff me and my friends talk about. They keep the monitor on all night and I can't turn it off.

A. Is it cell or just cordless. A baby monitor shouldn't pick up a cell phone. In either case you can get a digital cell phone or a digital cordless phone. The baby monitor may pick up the signal, but it won't be able to decode the digital signal and no one will be able to understand a word you say.

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How can I get my 2.5 mon. old puppy to stop chewing on all my electric cords?

Q. my puppy keeps chewing on all my cords. She has eaten my cell phone charger, the baby monitor cord, and the lamp cord as well. I dont know what to do to get her to stop destorying my stuff

A. OH man, you have to start from scratch here. First of all, a puppy HAS to be confined when you can't watch her. A crate is the best for overnight and when you go out but you can also do baby gates and confine to the kithcen and make sure you pick up all shoes, or anything on the floor that you don't want the dog to have. You have to look at this baby as though she was a 1 yr old child. Would you leave a toddler child around to wander the house unsupervised? If she chews one more cord, she may get electrocuted so get crating now!!! Crate training also helps with potty training. http://www.perfectpaws.com/crt.html

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Can my neighbor who has a baby monitor hear my cell phone conversations and cordless home phone conversations?

Q. I want to prevent my nosey neighbor to hear my phone conversations inside my own home. Can anyone give me some insight here? Thanks!

A. Digital cell phone conversations are not easily intercepted and decrypted. The police can do it, but not your neighbor. the old analog cell phone system was easily intercepted and evesdropped on, but not digital.

Cordless phones, baby monitors, walkie talkies and many other consumer devices all use the same basic frequencies and technology. They are easily and frequently accidentally intercepted., especially the cheaper analog units. You can look for the better quality digital cordless phones, especially the ones using spread spectrum technology if you want a higher level of privacy.


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Is it possible to buy a scanner?

Q. Can you buy a scanner that tunes into frequency's such as the police radios. i've herd that some can pick up cordless phones, cell phones and baby Monitors. that kind of scares me because people can listen into my conversations. i asked this question to get a general idea of just how many people have these out there.

A. Most cordless phones and cell phones can not be monitored by scanners, even if the scanner was modified to receive their frequencies. Modern cell phones and cordless phones utilize digital and/or encryption technology which can not be monitored by any scanner available to the common citizen. However, some older cordless phones can be monitored.

buying a scanner? visit http://www.scannermaster.com
want scanner info, radio resources and frequency info visit http://www.radioreference.com and be sure to visit their forums.

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Do you think corded phones are better than cordless phones?

Q. Silly question but I was just wondering what you thought. Cordless phones are annoying. They have horrible quality, receive interference from just about any other device sharing the same network. Plus they need power to operate, so they are useless in a power outage. And there also in some ways a security breach. You can easily listen into a conversation with a baby monitor. And to top it off they lack most features that corded phones offer. So what's your opinion?

A. You clearly haven't used a modern cordless phone. A good digital cordless phone is unlikely to see any interference with much of anything, the link quality is indistinguishable from wired, and no, you cannot hear the call with a baby monitor. That's not to say that those things have not historically been problems, just that they're problems largely solved in pretty much all modern gear.

One good idea is to get a cordless phone system that does not collide with a home network or your microwave. Look for a 5.8GHz digital phone or a DECT (runs around 1.9MHz), rather than a 2.4GHz phone, which uses the same ISM radio band as your microwave, 802.11 network, X-Box 360, Sony PS3, Bluetooth phone, etc.

With that all said, yeah, I have a few wired phones as well as the cordless. Of course, this may also depend on how you get your phone service... if you're using POTS (plain old telephone system) phones, a corded phone is useful in a blackout. If you're on VoIP, FiOS, DSL, or Cable, there's a strong likelihood your network gear in the house goes down anyway, so the cordless phone is unlikely to be an issue.

I'm very happy with my digital 5.8GHz phones... one wired connection for a base station that supports up to eight handsets (I have four), phone to phone intercom system built-in, great range, enough to cover my house (4200ft^2) and the immediate areas outside (if I want to go for a walk in the woods AND talk on the phone, I'll use my cell).

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Is it true people with scanners can hear you on a cordless phone?

Q. Someone told me that cordless phones aren't good to talk on because people with scanners can hear your private conversations. Is this true? Are there any cordless phones that are safe? What about cell phones? Can a scanner hear you on your cell phone too?

A. I will expand on the answer given by "silence.." above.

Early cordless phones used analog signals on the 49mHz band and could easily be intercepted by most scanning receivers and by some "baby monitors" that shared the same frequencies.

A little later, cordless phones came out that were on the 900mHz band but still used analog signals. A more expensive type of scanning receiver was required to listen to this band, but it could still be done.

Most newer cordless phones use digital signals and operate on much higher freqency bands. The digital signal must be "decoded" in order to be listened to and this is beyond the capabilities of the average person. While it would be possible for a highly-skilled person to intercept your call, the chances of this happening are remote.

Early cellular phones were also analog and could also be listened to using a scanning receiver, but it was much more difficult as cell signals are constantly switching between towers. You could listen to pieces of different conversations, but it was difficult to stay with any one conversation, and trying to listen to a specific person was nearly impossible.

To prevent people from listening to cell phones, Congress passed a law saying that scanning receivers had to be "blocked" so that they couldn't listen to cell frequencies. The problem with this law was that thousands of "unblocked" receivers were already in use, and that most "blocked" receivers could easily be "unblocked" by simply changing some wiring.

The good news is that, all of the newer cell phones are now digital, and like digital cordless phones, can't be listened to by the average person. There are still some analog cell phones in use (mostly in very rural areas), but effective February of 2008, these will be discontinued.

So, in the case of both the cordless phone and the cell phone, unless you are using very old equipment, you can be fairly sure that it cannot be listened to by the average person with a scanner.

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when did your parents start letting you watch R rated movies?

Q. I know you have to be 17 to "legaly" be allowed to see R rated movies, but most of my friends have seen movies like the hangover, and orphan and the movie with the baby powder footprints, but i'm not allowed to. The only one i've seen is stand by me. WHen where you allowed to watch the movies? (my mum is very protective, i JUST got a cell phone on like, the 4th day of summer BTW: i'm 14)

A. My parents gave me unrestricted access to the internet..lol but they never talked about that. I guess they trust me to use my own judgement. :P

I could use the computer by myself before I could read. I'm sure they monitored me or something, but I think they mainly depended on my innocence ( and then vulnerability to feeling ashamed). It works. :l
I've never asked them if I could watch an R-rated movie. But if your mom says you can't, then at least don't let her find out if you do. This is her way of showing she cares, and in some cases it's for your own good.

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How much do we need to monitor radiation in our home?

Q. Ever since we had our daughter, my husband is obsessed with eliminating any sources of radiation in our house. He wants to turn off our wireless router, stop using cell phones, and stop using the video baby monitor in the nursery because he has read that all of these things give out harmful amounts of radiation, especially impacting the development of children's brains.
Is there any validity to his concerns? Or is he just being an overprotective parent?

A. he,s a little overboard, and misdirected. you get much more radiation on a long distance plane flight than you do from those sources. living in high elevations is a greater risk than living downwind from a nuclear power plant. you get more radioactivity from living downwind of a coal fired power plant.

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listen to other cell phone conversations with a device?

Q. how is it possible to pick up cell phone conversations with a device, or a baby monitor.

A. Only analog cell phone conversations can be intercepted with a scanner. And almost no one has analog phones anymore. The newer CDMA or GSM phones use digital encoding techniques that prevent the casual listener from intercepting the conversations.

Baby monitors will NEVER overhear cell-phone conversations. Baby monitors operate at 900MHz or 2.4GHz; cell phones do NOT operate in those frequencies. However, home cordless phones DO operate in those frequencies, and these are the conversations that are often overheard by baby monitors. Newer cordless phones use the same digital encoding used by cell phones, so a new phone won't be overheard by a baby monitor.

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Is it possible for a phone with a cord to pick up other phone conversations?

Q. I know it sounds odd, but I just picked up the phone a second ago to call my friend. There was no dial tone, but I heard another conversation on the other end. I know baby monitors can pick up cell phone conversations, but can a land line? And I get it, this is weird, but thanks if you can answer or have an opinion. xD

A. cross talk happens all the time.

if the other caller "over drives" the call by screaming into the phone or if the line is flooded with water, you can get cross talk.

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Is there any way to prevent my cell phone conversations from being picked up on the baby monitor?

Q. Sometimes people call me at night and my conversations get picked up by the baby monitor in my parents room. Is there any way to keep this from happening? I'd rather not them hear some of the stuff me and my friends talk about. They keep the monitor on all night and I can't turn it off.

A. Is it cell or just cordless. A baby monitor shouldn't pick up a cell phone. In either case you can get a digital cell phone or a digital cordless phone. The baby monitor may pick up the signal, but it won't be able to decode the digital signal and no one will be able to understand a word you say.

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