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From: smithju@motcid.UUCP (Justin A. Smith)
Newsgroups: sci.electronics
Subject: Re: miniature FM transmitters: bugs
Keywords: FM transmitter, bug
Message-ID: <3228@galena2.UUCP>
Date: 25 May 90 14:43:21 GMT
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sprouse@oahu.cs.ucla.edu (Steven Sprouse) writes:

>In article <3197@galena2.UUCP> smithju@motcid.UUCP (Justin A. Smith) writes:
>>paulk@retix.retix.COM (Paul C. Kim) writes:
>>
>>>considered illegal?  How accurately are these little buggers detectable
>>>via some type of scanner?

>	Radio Electronics had an article a few years ago about how
>to detect bugs using a spectrum analyzer. The technique involved
.....
>	The technique sounded plausible, but I don't have a spectrum
>analyzer so I can't try it out. I would think it would detect the
>cheap bugs you find in the hobbyist magazines.

	Surely as these bugs are monitored by a normal FM radio, all you
have to do is to turn on your own FM radio in the house and go through all
the frequencies until you hear feedback. at this point you know the
frequency of the bug. I assume you could also use a radio to then detect
the exact location of the bug.

Justin Smith

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