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J. Edgar Agnew

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Dec 9, 1998, 3:00:00 AM12/9/98
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I think someone put a bumper beeper on my car. Is there any scanner on the
market that could locate these kinds of devices?

Thanks in advance.


G.Singer

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Dec 9, 1998, 3:00:00 AM12/9/98
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The most effective way to determine if there is in fact a bumper beeper on your
car would be to have a sweep done with a spectrum analyzer. Most devices of
this type operate in the VHF range. You could scan the band listening for the
beep these units put out. You could remove the antenna and move it about the
vehicle. A good visual inspection of the vehicle would also be a good idea as
some of these devices can be remotely turned on and off. Another suggestion
would be to use a frequency finder while you are on the move.
Gerry

Skyler

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Dec 9, 1998, 3:00:00 AM12/9/98
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Here are some freq's you might scan.
,,168.0110,,,,AUDIO INTELLIGENCE DEVICES (BODY BUGS);YELLOW
,,168.0620,,,,AUDIO INTELLIGENCE DEVICES (BODY BUGS);GREEN
,,168.0860,,,,AUDIO INTELLIGENCE DEVICES (BODY BUGS);BLUE
,,171.6500,,,,AUDIO INTELLIGENCE DEVICES (BODY BUGS);RED
,,171.9500,,,,AUDIO INTELLIGENCE DEVICES (BODY BUGS);SILVER
,,151.6250,,,,ITINERANT DOT;RED
,,464.5000,,,,ITINERANT DOT;BROWN
,,464.5500,,,,ITINERANT DOT;YELLOW
,,154.5700,,,,ITINERANT DOT (LOW POWER);BLUE
,,154.6000,,,,ITINERANT DOT (LOW POWER);GREEN
,,171.9000,,,,NADY WIRELESS (BODY BUGS);RED
,,185.1500,,,,NADY WIRELESS (BODY BUGS);ORANGE
,,203.4000,,,,NADY WIRELESS (BODY BUGS);PURPLE
,,209.1500,,,,NADY WIRELESS (BODY BUGS);GREEN
,,215.2000,,,,NADY WIRELESS (BODY BUGS);BLUE
,,151.6250,,,,PRIVATE SECURITY SERVICE;RED
,,154.5700,,,,PRIVATE SECURITY SERVICE;BLUE
,,154.6000,,,,PRIVATE SECURITY SERVICE;GREEN
,,462.5750,,,,PRIVATE SECURITY SERVICE;WHITE/ORANGE
,,462.6250,,,,PRIVATE SECURITY SERVICE;BLACK
,,464.5000,,,,PRIVATE SECURITY SERVICE;BROWN/YELLOW
,,464.5500,,,,PRIVATE SECURITY SERVICE;YELLOW/BROWN
,,467.7625,,,,PRIVATE SECURITY SERVICE;"J" DOT
,,467.8125,,,,PRIVATE SECURITY SERVICE;"K" DOT
,,467.8750,,,,PRIVATE SECURITY SERVICE;GOLD
,,467.9000,,,,PRIVATE SECURITY SERVICE;RED
,,467.9250,,,,PRIVATE SECURITY SERVICE;BLUE
,,171.9050,,,,STANDARD WIRELESS (OCCASIONAL BODY BUGS);RED
,,185.1500,,,,STANDARD WIRELESS (OCCASIONAL BODY BUGS);ORANGE
,,203.4000,,,,STANDARD WIRELESS (OCCASIONAL BODY BUGS);PURPLE
,,209.1500,,,,STANDARD WIRELESS (OCCASIONAL BODY BUGS);GREEN
,,215.2000,,,,STANDARD WIRELESS (OCCASIONAL BODY BUGS);BLUE

Erick Brockway

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Dec 9, 1998, 3:00:00 AM12/9/98
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Dittoes!
Guess if we don't know it's one less thing to be paranoid about.

Erick Brockway
ebro...@earthlink.net

Deforger wrote in message <19981209214200...@ng-fa1.aol.com>...
>What is a bumper beeper???????????


Steve Uhrig

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Dec 10, 1998, 3:00:00 AM12/10/98
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On 9 Dec 1998 23:43:10 GMT, Jed...@spyrogate.com (J. Edgar Agnew)
wrote:

>I think someone put a bumper beeper on my car. Is there any scanner on the
>market that could locate these kinds of devices?

Save your money. Just look under the car. They are easy to spot.

Steve

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Deforger

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Dec 10, 1998, 3:00:00 AM12/10/98
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What is a bumper beeper???????????

Law & Order

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Dec 10, 1998, 3:00:00 AM12/10/98
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There are devices available to detect EM transmissions across the entire
spectrum. You could try:

http://catmac.grove.net/CGI.SPG?L=T&S=N&Cat=Test/Countermeasures+Equipment

RW

J. Edgar Agnew wrote in message <74n1ue$g...@bgtnsc02.worldnet.att.net>...


>I think someone put a bumper beeper on my car. Is there any scanner on the
>market that could locate these kinds of devices?
>

>Thanks in advance.

Law & Order

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Dec 10, 1998, 3:00:00 AM12/10/98
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I believe a "bumper beeper" is a radio location device. Surely, you have
seen such in a television show or movie. The device emits a signal which is
tracked (either by one person with a signal strength meter or more
accurately and efficiently by two persons by triangulation) to determine the
vehicle's whereabouts. Lo-jack devices would be of this sort.

RW

Preesi wrote in message <19981210194650...@ng17.aol.com>...
>what the freaks a bumper beeper?

Preesi

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Dec 11, 1998, 3:00:00 AM12/11/98
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>>I think someone put a bumper beeper on my car.

what the freaks a bumper beeper?
"Ignorance Is Bliss, But Stupidness Is Dumb"
http://members.aol.com/preesi/index.html

Steve Uhrig

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Dec 11, 1998, 3:00:00 AM12/11/98
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On 11 Dec 1998 00:46:50 GMT, pre...@aol.com (Preesi) wrote:

>>>I think someone put a bumper beeper on my car.

>what the freaks a bumper beeper?

Go to our website, click on ARTICLES, then on Vehicle Tracking Systems
for some detailed technical information on bumper beepers.

Steve


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Mfrs of electronic surveillance equip
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tel +1+410-879-4035, fax +1+410-836-1190
"In God we trust, all others we monitor"

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D.P. Roberts

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Dec 11, 1998, 3:00:00 AM12/11/98
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>>I think someone put a bumper beeper on my car.
>
>what the freaks a bumper beeper?

It's one of those devices required by the EPA or FEMA or one of those
out-of-control JBT agencies that *occasionally* has a bright idea.
The "Bumper Beeper" was one of those rare instances that happened when
one of our government drones had their IQ rise above the level of the
average house plant. It goes "eeeeeep! eeeeeeep! eeeeeeep!" when
the vehicle is in (R)everse.

Orrrrrrrr - it could be a tracking transmitter.

Scanners are easily available for either type of beeper.

ben compere

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Dec 12, 1998, 3:00:00 AM12/12/98
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Why is he concerned about someone putting a bumper beeper on his car?
Is he breaking the law in some way? Is he squiring someone else's
spouse? Or, is he just plain paranoid? If it's the first, we may be
reading about him in the news. : ( If the second, we may be reading
about him in the news after hubby gets ahold of him ; ( If the third,
just hope he doesn't go postal ;) BTW, anyone seen the tape of the
cubical worker that goes Dilbert?, or was it Wally? 8^)


Law & Order

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Dec 12, 1998, 3:00:00 AM12/12/98
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Why is it any of our business what his concerns are? He has a right of
privacy.

ben compere wrote in message
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Ivan Ivanovich

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Dec 12, 1998, 3:00:00 AM12/12/98
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Law & Order wrote in message <3672d...@blushng.jps.net>...

>Why is it any of our business what his concerns are? He has a right of
>privacy.
>


This person's right to privacy went out the window when he asked for
advice in a public forum.
If one is asked for advice, then one's need to know is implied by the
inquiring party.


Ivan Ivanovich

Steven T. Shapiro

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Dec 13, 1998, 3:00:00 AM12/13/98
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On Sat, 12 Dec 1998 13:16:27 -0800, "Law & Order" <xe...@jps.net>
wrote:

>
>just hope he doesn't go postal ;) BTW, anyone seen the tape of the
>cubical worker that goes Dilbert?, or was it Wally? 8^)
>
>
>

a little off topic, but i have a question:

if mailmen go postal, do bus drivers go bustal?

Jack Anderson

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Dec 13, 1998, 3:00:00 AM12/13/98
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Bullshit!

ben compere

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Dec 15, 1998, 3:00:00 AM12/15/98
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Seemz some folkz have no bumper beepin' senz ov humer ;^)


Daren349

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Dec 16, 1998, 3:00:00 AM12/16/98
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I am interested in finding a program that decodes alpha pagers. I have several
scanners including a BC895xlt and bearcat 9000. Can anyone tell me what I need
and where to find it!!! Thanks!!!!!

Daren

Ja...@sgi.net

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Dec 16, 1998, 3:00:00 AM12/16/98
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Daren349 wrote:
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> I am interested in finding a program that decodes alpha pagers. I have several scanners including a BC895xlt and bearcat 9000. Can anyone tell me what I need and where to find it!!! Thanks!!!!!
>
> Daren

I use an alpha numeric pager for my business and would be most unhappy
to know my competitors were receiving my messages.

KuoH

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Dec 16, 1998, 3:00:00 AM12/16/98
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So you'll be happy as long as they don't tell you they were receiving
it? The software and hardware is definitely out there, and cheap too.
Even though paging transmissions are just as illegal to intercept as
phone transmissions, they are actually easier to receive due to the
nature of paging coverage.

KuoH

Law & Order

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Dec 16, 1998, 3:00:00 AM12/16/98
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http://aab.42.org/poc32/
http://www.geocities.com/CapeCanaveral/Launchpad/4039/

Daren349 wrote in message <19981216093240...@ngol05.aol.com>...

Mickey McInnis

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Dec 17, 1998, 3:00:00 AM12/17/98
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In article <367801...@sgi.net>, Ja...@sgi.net writes:

|> Daren349 wrote:
|> >
|> > I am interested in finding a program that decodes alpha pagers. I have several scanners including a BC895xlt and bearcat 9000. Can anyone tell me what I need and where to find it!!! Thanks!!!!!
|> >
|> > Daren
|>
|> I use an alpha numeric pager for my business and would be most unhappy
|> to know my competitors were receiving my messages.

Be most unhappy. You competitors can probably receive your messages.
They can probably also hear your cellphone conversations, and if you're
using a cordless phone, they may be able to hear that too.

(All of this assumes they are sufficiently motivated to do the work
required.)

Assume anything you say that gets transmitted over the air can be
eavesdropped upon by people without much technical expertise. Most
analog cellphones and many cordless phones are really easy to listen to.
Many "digital" cellphones will drop back to analog mode if no digital
service is available. Pagers are only slightly more difficult.


--
Mickey McInnis - mci...@austin.ibm.com
--
All opinions expressed are my own opinions, not my company's opinions.

Tom Walker

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Dec 17, 1998, 3:00:00 AM12/17/98
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J> Daren349 wrote:
>
> I am interested in finding a program that decodes alpha pagers. I have
J> several scanners including a BC895xlt and bearcat 9000. Can anyone tell me
J> what I need and where to find it!!! Thanks!!!!!
>

>
> I use an alpha numeric pager for my business and would be most unhappy
> to know my competitors were receiving my messages.

And CLOWNS like Daren349 are the reason that there is a strong movement to
make ALL scanning Illegal. THey stick their noses in where it is not
really Nessary to enjoy the Hobby. And WE ALL pay the Price for Their
STUPIDITY!!!
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DEhredt

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Dec 17, 1998, 3:00:00 AM12/17/98
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I guess it's all up to Tommy what is necessary to enjoy the hobby.

scanne...@webtv.net

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Dec 19, 1998, 3:00:00 AM12/19/98
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i believe these are tracking devices that are hide on certain vehicles
to always be able to tell there where abouts, some police depts. have
them on there cars so there trackeded by dispatch as they move about the
city, trucking firms r now useing them to check locations of drivers,
and to find trailers ,there put on all train cars, when there looking
for a certain car they activate the signal and thus r able to locate it,
some new cars have these devises hid on them and if the car gets stolen
there remotly activated and location found. dont belive they throw
out a signal all the time only when activated, each having a different
code no. only known to the tracking center


SHAWN

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Dec 19, 1998, 3:00:00 AM12/19/98
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I think tom has got his nose where it does not belong!!!!!!!!!!!!
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